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November 13, 2019

County sees 59 percent voter turnout By Laura McFarland Editor

OWHATAN – About 59 percent of Powhatan County’s registered voters came out to the polls last week to make their voices heard in state and local elections. Of the 21,778 registered voters in Powhatan County, 12,753 voters, or 58.56 percent, came out to vote on Tuesday, Nov. 5 in the 2019 General Election, said Karen Alexander, director of elections. The percentage of voter turnout was up from the same election four years ago, which saw a 51.4 percent voter turnout. It was a busy election, especially considering how many candidates were on the ballot and how many races were uncontested, Alexander said. She added she

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Residents Benita Turner, left, and Shannon Van Dyke cast their votes on Nov. 5 in Powhatan County.

was initially expecting more voters simply because the number of absentee ballots had roughly doubled from 2015. “Going into Tuesday, I thought we would have closer to a 65 percent turnout,

so it was a little less than I expected with in-person voting,” she said. For most of the day, voting went smoothly at almost all of the precincts. However, the day was overshadowed by

tragedy at the precinct at Graceland Baptist Church when a voter, Kenneth Andrews, 86, came in at around 12:30 p.m. and suffered a medical emergency while trying to vote, she said. Her election chief was CPR certified and administered CPR until she could be relieved by a man who was campaigning outside and was also an EMT. Unfortunately, Andrews later died at the hospital. “Voting was halted for about 30 minutes, but everyone who was there when the incident occurred stayed and waited and was able to vote. They were very calm, cooperative and understanding and ended up being very prayerful that their fellow resident would be OK. Unfortunately, he wasn’t and didn’t make it after going to the hospital. It was a very sad see ELECTION pg. 6

Farmers negatively impacted by drought

Theresa J. Royall

Thomas Stark IV

New judges take the bench in Powhatan By Laura McFarland PHOTO BY LAURA McFARLAND

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Resident Billy Sifers stands in one of his corn fields in Powhatan County. The farmer and many like him were hit hard by a drought that affected the area in summer and early fall.

By Laura McFarland Editor

POWHATAN – Going months without any significant rainfall this summer and early fall placed a strain on farmers in Powhatan County that will likely be felt through 2020 and beyond. After several weeks of no rain in Powhatan County in July, August, and September, the county was listed with a D2 (“severe drought”) rating on the United States Drought Monitor map. The prolonged period of drought lasted long enough to cause signifi-

cant crop loss in the county, said Rachel Henley, a Virginia Cooperative Extension agent in Powhatan. Henley spoke to the Powhatan County Board of Supervisors on Oct. 28, asking members to support a resolution to petition Governor Ralph Northam to designate Powhatan County as a disaster area due to drought. “A lot of folks think we’ve gotten rains so we shouldn’t be in a drought anymore, but unfortunately from an agriculture standsee DROUGHT, pg. 4

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POWHATAN – Judges Thomas Stark IV and Theresa J. Royall both stepped into the Powhatan General and Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Combined Courts this year as first-time judges ready to learn. Stark was the first to join the office, starting May 1 as a General District Court judge in the 11th Judicial District. He filled the seat left vacant when Judge Mayo Gravatt retired on Dec. 1, 2018, after six and a half years. Stark left a private

law practice to step into the courtroom on the other side of the bench. About two months later, Royall filled a newly funded position as a judge in the 11th Judicial District’s Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court. At the time, she was serving as the commonwealth’s attorney for Nottoway County, a role she had held since she was elected on Nov. 4, 2012. The first few weeks in their respective positions were grueling for both as they learned the rhythm of their new roles, they see JUDGES, pg. 9

Veterans Day tribute

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Cathryn Greaser, far right, sings “God Bless the USA” to help draw the annual Veterans Day Concert to a close on Nov. 3. She and other returning performers put on a show to honor local veterans. More photos page 8.

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O B I T UA R I E S SPENCER BARKER

JEAN BUCKLEY

Spencer B. Barker, Semper Fidelis Always Faithful. Spencer Burt Barker, 74, USMC, MGySgt, Ret., of Powhatan, Va., lived his life in faithful service to his country and his family until his passing on Sunday, October 27, 2019. Born July 28, 1945, in Washington, D.C., to Bruce and Pauline Barker, he played BARKER football, rode Rodeo and enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1964. After returning from Vietnam, he married his beautiful bride, Judy Kaye Barker, and proudly served his country for 30 years in the Marine Corps, before retiring to move to Virginia to be near his children and grandchildren. A man of few words in his early years, he came to love telling stories, “dad jokes” and terrible puns in his later years, and loved nothing more than making people laugh. He showed his love with a fierce protectiveness, matched only by his generosity of spirit and service to anyone who needed his help. Preceded in death by his parents and brother, Bruce Barker, Spencer is survived by his loving wife, Judy Barker of Powhatan; his daughters, Jamie Lumpkin of Chesterfield and Ashley Barker of Goochland, their husbands, Shaun and Dennis; his grandchildren, Christian, Addison, Finley, Colby and Chase; and his beloved nieces and nephews. He will forever be missed by so many who love him so much. He was most certainly one of “The Few. The proud.” Our Warrior and now Guardian Angel. Celebration of Life service planned for Sunday, November 17, 2019, at 2 p.m. in Bethel Baptist Church in Chesterfield, Virginia, with reception to follow. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association or the Military Warriors Support Foundation, www.heart.org, militarywarriors.org. Online condolences may be made at bennettbardenfh.com.

Jean Ware Buckley, , 74, most recently of Damascus, Va., and previously of Powhatan, Va., passed away on Friday, November 1, 2019, at Johnson Memorial Hospital in Abingdon, Va. Jean was preceded in death by her parents, Jean and George H. Ware of Virginia Beach, Va.; and her aunt, Phyllis Foster BUCKLEY Hunter of Richmond, Va. She is survived by her loving husband of 50 years, James David Buckley; her sons, David and his wife, Tami, of Beech Mountain, N.C. and Jeffrey and his wife, Nicky, of Damascus, Va.; her brother, G. Hunter Ware and his wife, Ingerlise, of Charlottesville, Va. She is also survived by four grandchildren and one greatgrandchild. Jean was born in Richmond, Va., on June 20, 1945. The family moved to Virginia Beach, Va., that same year. Jean was a graduate of Virginia Beach Country Day School (later merged with Norfolk Academy), Briarcliff College, Briarcliff, N.Y. and the University of Georgia, Athens, Ga. Jean retired from the Department of Social Services after many years of service to the elderly of Powhatan County, Va. Jean was the beloved center of her family, always kind and thoughtful to everyone around her. She was a skilled knitter, quilter and embroiderer. Eight years ago, Jean suffered a devastating heart attack and stroke, which she survived with extraordinary grace and courage (always downplaying the paralysis and pain which followed). A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, November 16, 2019, at Damascus United Methodist Church, Damascus, Va., with Pastor Creighton Smith officiating. Jean deeply loved her family, friends and all dogs and cats. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Richmond SPCA, 2519 Hermitage Rd., Richmond, Va. 23220. Condolences for the family may be sent and viewed by visiting www.garrettfuneralhome.com. Jean and

her family are in the care of Garrett Funeral Home, 203 N. Shady Ave., Damascus, Va. 24236, (276) 475-3631.

SUZANNE FISCUS Suzanne B. Fiscus, 80, of Powhatan, passed away on Friday, November 1, 2019. She is survived by her husband, Jim Fiscus; son, John Bryant; daughter, Donna Bryant; two sisters, one brother, nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Suzanne came to the U.S. in FISCUS 1959 at age 19 and became a U.S. citizen. She earned an associate’s degree from Monmouth College in New Jersey. She worked at various hospital jobs, including being a youth and alcohol counselor. After moving to Virginia in 1982, Suzanne opened Southport Cafe in Chesterfield. She shared her joy of quilting with friends. For many years, she volunteered at BSH. She was known for her beautiful gardens and her feisty Yorkshire terriers. The family will receive friends Sunday, November 17, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Bennett & Barden Funeral Home, Powhatan. A graveside service will be held Monday, November 18, at 11 a.m. in the Powhatan Community Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to BSH, 2501 Academy Rd., Powhatan, Va. 23139. Online condolences may be made at bennettbardenfh.com.

PAUL LITTON Paul E. Litton, 76, of Powhatan, passed away on Thursday, November 7, 2019. He is survived by his wife, Patricia Litton, and his faithful companion, Katie. The family received friends from 6 to 8 LITTON p.m. Sunday, No-

vember 10 in the Bennett & Barden Funeral Home, 3215 Anderson Hwy. (Rt. 60), Powhatan, and where services were held at 10 a.m. Monday, November 11. Interment Powhatan Community Cemetery. Online condolences may be made at bennettbardenfh.com.

STAN MCFADDEN Stan Conover McFadden, 40, of Powhatan, Virginia, passed away at home on Tuesday, October 29, 2019, and is now held in the loving hands of our Lord. Left to mourn his absence from this earthly life are his parents, Owen and Kim McFadden; his sisters and brothers-in-law, Kate McFadden (Pablo Gonzalez), Washington, D.C., Dorsey McFadden (Kevin Cornell), Richmond, Va.; aunt and uncle, Joan and Cliff Carr, Monroe, La.; aunt, Becky McFadden Parks, Baltimore, Md.; niece and nephew, Ava and Leo Gonzalez; and numerous cousins. Stan was cherished by his family and the friends that he has touched along the way. To many he was cheerful, kind, playful and witty, his smile, sense of humor and warm personality brought joy to those around him. Stan received and gave love and encouragement during his life and experienced moments of great happiness. On a deeper level he was introspective, curious and sensitive, seeking meaning and purpose as he faced painful, chronic and, at times disabling, health challenges. While not always apparent to others, he was courageous and unrelenting in his efforts to become well. The peace, contentment and calmness of spirit which eluded him during his lifetime are now his for eternity. Our hearts are filled with gratitude for Stan as well as for the friendship, support, love and opportunities to heal and grow that have been given to Stan and to our family over the years. A Celebration of Life was held for Stan at Manakin Episcopal Church, Midlothian, Va., on Friday, December 6, 2019, at 12 p.m. All were welcome. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation in his memory to The Northstar Community, Richmond, Va., www.northstarcommunity.com. Online condolences may be made at bennettbardenfh.com.

C A L E N D A R O F EV E N TS Wednesday, Nov. 13

Through Nov. 18, booklovers can borrow Gilly Segal and Kimberly Jones’ powerful debut novel, “I’m Not Dying with You Tonight,” from their public library as an e-book or e-audiobook with no waitlists or holds. PCPL patrons can download the book by visiting brdc.lib.overdrive.com or downloading the Libby app at meet.libbyapp.com. Readers are encouraged to join the online book discussion at discuss.biglibraryread.com. Contact Powhatan County Public Library at 804-598-5670 or library@powhatanlibrary.net. Lonesome Dove Equestrian Center needs volunteers to help with sessions with veterans participating in equine therapy. Helpers are needed starting 10 a.m. on Nov. 13 and 19. No sessions in December 2019. To volunteer, call 804-318-6485. Visit www. ldequestrian.com. Powhatan County Public Library will continue to offer Storytimes on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. beginning Sept. 10. These events provide an interactive experience that promotes early literacy skills and school readiness. Family Storytime on Tuesdays includes books, sign language, flannel boards, rhymes, songs, and a related craft or activity. Music & Movement on Wednesdays includes stretches, singing and rhythm instrument exploration of stories. Storytimes will run through Nov. 20. No registration required. Contact 804-598-5670 or visit the website at www. powhatanlibrary.net. Business Network International (BNI) Powhatan chapter meets from 8 to 9:30 a.m. every Wednesday in the Huguenot Volunteer Fire Department at 1959 Urbine Road. Visit http:// bniva.com/va-central-virginiabni-on-fire/en-US/index for information. To attend a meeting as a guest contact Chapter President Page Yonce at pyonce@cfmortgagecorp. com. Senior Connections offers a lunch and social event called Friendship Cafe that is open 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday

to Thursday at St. John Neumann Catholic Church. It provides socialization, nutrition, exercise, transportation and information about relevant topics for seniors ages 60 plus. For more information, contact Senior Connections intake at 804343-3000.

Powhatan County Public Library’s storytime is held at 10:30 a.m. every Tuesday and Wednesday. Library hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday. The library is closed on Sundays and county holidays. Contact 804- 598-5670. The War Memorial Roundtable for all Veterans meets at 7 p.m. at the War Memorial Cultural Arts and Community Center, 2375 Skaggs Road. Contact Ruth Boatwright at 804-337-6859. The Free Clinic of Powhatan, located at 3908 Old Buckingham Road, Powhatan offers health services (medical, dental, mental health, women's health) free of charge for uninsured and low income residents of Powhatan County. Administration hours are from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. On Thursdays, lab services are from 9 a.m. to noon and patient hours are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. On Mondays, registration for new patients is from 5 to 7:30 p.m. and patient hours are from 4 to 8:30 p.m. All patient visits are by appointment. Contact 804-598-5637.

on the following Thursdays at 1 p.m.: Nov. 14 and Dec. 12. Caregivers must remain with attendees during each program. Everyone from the Powhatan community is welcome to attend. Contact the Powhatan Public Library at 804-598-5670 or visit www. powhatanlibrary.net. Be sure to like the library’s Facebook page to get the latest library news and information.

Thursday, Nov. 14

Powhatan County Public Library will continue to offer Library for All, a program designed for disabled adults and their caregivers. Each hour-long session offers something new. Participants read stories, make crafts, and play games. They also enjoy learning about new topics from guest speakers from the Powhatan community. Past guest speakers have included Powhatan State Park rangers, Powhatan Fire, and the Powhatan Extension Office. The fall 2019 Library for All sessions will be held

The Powhatan Food Pantry is open from 10 a.m. to noon on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Tuesdays and 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursdays at 2500 Batterson Road. Contact the pantry at 804-372-9526 or powhatanvafoodpantry@gmail. com. The Woman’s Club of Powhatan’s Clothes Closet is open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Thursday, Monday and Tuesday and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday at 3908 Old Buckingham Road at the back end of the social services building. Donations accepted anytime but preferably during regular hours. Shoppers can fill a paper grocery bag full of stuff for $3. The second hand store sells clothes, shoes, books, movies, CDs, housewares, linens, toys, small electronics, games and more. Look for The Clothes Closet of Powhatan on Facebook. Powhatan Stars Cancer Support Group, formerly known as Powhatan Supporting the Alliance and Respecting Survivors (STARS), meets at 6 p.m. at The County Seat Restaurant in the back room. The group is for survivors, caregivers and family members to listen and support each other. Contact Sue Bird at 804-212-8651 or Patty Hicks at 804-375-3499.

The original Powhatan AA meets from 8 to 9 p.m. every Thursday in the Powhatan Village Building.

The Powhatan Rotary Club meets at 7:30 a.m. every Thursday at the County Seat Restaurant.

The Powhatan Republican Committee’s monthly meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. at Powhatan County Public Library, 2270 Mann Road.

Awaken to Hope Al-Anon meets at 7:30 p.m. every Thursday at St. John Neumann Catholic Church.

Buckingham Road and Mann Road. Find out what they have been doing, and where their next ride or event will be. Contact Tom Barnes at 804690-4884 or Frank Vaughn at 804-512-8835.

Friday, Nov. 15

Red Lane Women’s Ministry will hold a Bunco and Cookie Exchange from 7 to 9 p.m. at the church, 2095 Red Lane Road. Bring one dozen individually wrapped cookies for exchange. Ladies 18 and older come join in a ladies night in!! Prizes for most Bunco's, worst player and more! RSVP at Ktaylor@redlanebaptist.org so organizers can plan table numbers.

Saturday, Nov. 16

Powhatan Recycles Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Goodwill located at 1885 Stavemill Crossing Lane, Powhatan. Securely recycle of all types of computers, printers, monitors, and other peripherals. Donations will be taken for Goodwill of household goods, small appliances and electronics, usable furniture, and clothing and shoes. Donations will be taken for Habitat for Humanity of appliances (less than 5 years old), cabinets, electrical and plumbing fixtures, lighting and ceiling fans, and tools. No tube televisions, bedding, paint or chemicals accepted. Call 804-822-1540 for more information. Habitat For Humanity Powhatan depends on volunteers and donors. Habitat is blessed with the community’s helpful, kind and generous participation. The Habitat Store at 1922 Urbine Road is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The volunteer hotline number is 804-372-9755. The office is located in the Habitat Store and the office number is 804-594-7009. Call and volunteer! Donate! Help us build!!

Powhatan AA meets at 8 p.m. every Saturday at Manakin Episcopal Church on Huguenot Trail.

The Christian Motorcyclists Association Powhatan chapter Living Wheels will meet at 6 p.m. at Company 1 Fire station at the intersection of Old

The HOPE Ministry Supper Table monthly dinner will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Dinners are served at the Powhatan County Fair building, 4317 Anderson Hwy. The Supper Table serves those in need and the elderly of Powhatan County. For further information and if you need transportation to and from the Fair Building, contact Mamie Scott at 804382-9154. Free food and fellowship is provided. Bring a friend and/or neighbor.

Powhatan Area Radio Club meets at 8 a.m. The group starts with breakfast at County Seat and then moves at 9 a.m. to the emergency operations center in the basement of the Village Building. Contact Curt Nellis, Curt Nellis, Powhatan’s emergency management coordinator, at 804-598-5677.

The Powhatan Moose Family Center, 4140 Old Buckingham Road, will host Bingo with doors opening at 6 p.m. and games starting at 7 p.m. every Tuesday. Contact 804-5982809.

The Powhatan Junior Woman’s Club meets at 7 p.m. The nonprofit volunteer organization is open to women over the age of 18. The club promotes friendship, community service and leadership. For information about the club, meeting locations or becoming a member, call Joy Matkowsky at 492-3038.

AA meets at 8 p.m. every Tuesday at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church on Huguenot Trail.

H.O.P.E. – Helping Others Prepare for Eternity is a Ladies Group that meets at 7 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall at Cartersville Baptist Church. All women are invited to join. H.O.P.E encourages Christian development of ladies in the church and community through missions, spiritual outreach, community involvement, and Christian fellowship. We take our name to heart and work hard to do God’s will on many levels, supporting local, state, national, and international missions on a regular basis.

Monday, Nov. 18

Virginia Orchid Society will be meeting at 2 p.m. in the upstairs room at Strange's Florist and Greenhouse at 12111 W. Broad St., Richmond. The speaker will be the well known Fred Clarke from California. He will speak on “Catasetinae Species and Their Cultivation.” He will bring orchids for sale. His talks are well worth hearing. It is free to the public. Anyone interested in learning to grow orchids and being with other orchid lovers are welcome to attend. Contact Robin Maiorana, VOS publicity chairman, at 804306-1457.

Powhatan Crime Solvers meets at 7:30 a.m. at The County Seat. Contact 804-403-HELP ( 804403-4357) or go to www. powhatancrimesolvers.com.

A Powhatan Hope Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meeting will be held from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. every Monday at PCC Church, 4480 Anderson Highway, Powhatan, Room 102. It is an open discussion meeting. Wheelchair accessible

Tuesday, Nov. 19

The new Bridge of Reason AA meeting is held at 7 p.m. every Tuesday at Powhatan Mennonite Church, 3549 Old Buckingham Road, Powhatan. It is an open, decision and literature meeting for Powhatan, Goochland, and Cumberland counties.

Ongoing

The Powhatan Food Pantry is accepting donations for its Thanksgiving Complete Meal program to provide those in the community with a traditional holiday meal who may not otherwise be able to have one. The program serves about 300 people each month through the food pantry, so the need is great. The food pantry has a complete list of items it is asking to be donated, preferably with see CALENDAR, pg. 7

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A large crowd of people came out on Oct. 4 to the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony of Citizens Bank and Trust Company’s new Powhatan location at 2501 Anderson Highway. Joe Borgerding, president and CEO, cut the ribbon on the new facility.

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Ziplines are part of the fun at Canopy Adventure Park in Powhatan.

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CB&T Bank opens new local branch

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lackstone-based Citizens Bank & Trust Company celebrated a grand opening and ribbon cutting at its new full-service location in Powhatan on Friday, Oct 4. The newly-renovated branch at 2501 Anderson Highway offers a full range of financial services and CONTRIBUTED PHOTO an experienced staff, including Jimmy Keller, a vet- Head teller/CSR Marva Moseley is one of the eran banker in the Powhatan market. The branch is staff members ready to greet customers. open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday, and 9 a.m. to noon on Sat- “Powhatan ties in well with our adjacent branches in Chester, Colonial Heights and Amelia. The bank has urday. Citizens Bank & Trust Company, founded in 1873, experienced steady loan growth since establishing a is the second oldest independent community bank in loan production office here in late 2017, and we are Virginia. The bank has 12 locations in the counties of encouraged by the community’s overwhelmingly Amelia, Chesterfield, Nottoway, Mecklenburg, Pow- warm and welcoming response to our new branch. hatan and Prince Edward and one location in the City We look forward to supporting the citizens and businesses of Powhatan as a strong, reliable financial partof Colonial Heights. Bank president and CEO Joe Borgerding said ner and a caring corporate neighbor.”

Powhatan Christmas Mother Program seeks participants for holiday adoptions

Powhatan County Economic Development recently announced the opening of Canopy Adventure Park, located at Independence Golf Club in Powhatan County. The park is a newly formed business by Alex Van Ness and Matt Klaman, with the goal of bringing out-of-the-box outdoor recreation to the Richmond region. While looking to purchase land in Powhatan with a natural setting, the duo was introduced to Giff Breed at Independence Golf Club. The two businesses quickly formed a solid partnership in which Canopy would utilize otherwise unusable land to build a high ropes course and zip line park. The park utilizes a swath of land that is approximately 200-by-400 feet and features more than 28 obstacles, including swings plat-

forms, ladder bridges, Tarzan swings, tightropes and more. There are four unique courses stacked on two different routes. Ten zip lines are integrated throughout the course. Construction on the course began in July and wrapped up mid-October. The park is open on weekends throughout the fall, winter and spring with reservations required. With advanced booking over the phone, the park will open for groups of six or more during the week. The park will open seven days a week in the summer and limited walkups will be accepted. Rates range from $35 to $45 and includes unlimited use of the course during a two-hour time slot and all necessary gear. The park can accommodate up to 40 users at a time and group discounts are available.

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Contributed Report It is that time of year again. The air has turned cooler, the leaves have begun to display their fall colors and our thoughts turn to the holidays. As Thanksgiving and Christmas approach, residents are fortunate to be able to experience the true meaning of the holidays in Powhatan County. The Powhatan Christmas Mother program is made possible by the generosity of the community and the many dedicated volunteers who give hours to make sure that the Christmas spirit reaches everyone who may need a helping hand this holiday season. The Powhatan Christmas Mother program is thankful for all donations, but the Adoption Program

allows you to personalize your shopping for the Christmas Mother Program. Those who adopt an elderly person or family will be sent the person’s wish list and first name only. As they shop, they can be assured that the person whose information they have will receive their gifts by Christmas. Givers can have the pleasure of selecting just the right gift for Jane or John, wrapping their carefully selected gift and addressing it to their “adopted” family. Imagine the joy on the faces of that “adopted” family as they open their gifts by Christmas morning. The Powhatan Christmas Mother not only provides gifts but food vouchers for all the families in the program and stockings

for the children and elderly. In addition, givers may choose to assist their adopted family by providing a food gift card or filling a stocking. Organizers hope this brings an extra smile to donors’ faces on Christmas Day, knowing that their “adopted” family is sitting down to a wonderful holiday thanks to them. Individuals or groups who would like to adopt a family or one of Powhatan’s elderly neighbors through the Powhatan Christmas Mother Program this year, contact the Betsy Blandford, 2019 Powhatan Christmas Mother at 804-337-1346 or powhatancec@verizon. net or Powhatan Christmas Mother, P.O. Box 461, Powhatan, VA 23139. Do not contact Powhatan Public Schools.

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Powhatan Christmas Mother 2019 Betsy Blandford, left, held court at a fundraiser for the Powhatan Christmas Mother program on Oct. 24. Three Crosses Distilling Company and Vanilla and Bourbon Southern Desserts donated a portion of their proceeds for the evening to the program. Vanilla and Bourbon was part of the final RVAg Farm and Craft Pop-up Market in a series held in the parking lot of Three Crosses. Also at the event were several past Christmas Mothers, including Pinckey Sowers, Carol Baltimore, and Pat Lyons.

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point, the crop has been done for our summer crops, which includes soybeans, corn, pastureland and hay grounds,â&#x20AC;? she said. Robert Harper, Virginia Farm Bureau grain merchandiser, said in a separate interview that pockets of the state had very different experiences this growing season. Comparing the state to â&#x20AC;&#x153;a really holey piece of Swiss cheese,â&#x20AC;? the 2019 growing season saw a little bit of everything all over Virginia. Some farmers got rain right when they needed it and grew record crops, while others kept missing out on the precipitation and slowly watched the drought situation worsen. In Powhatan and some other localities around it, no rain in mid July was

followed by several days reaching 98 to 103 degrees. While the heat didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stay at those levels, the lack of any significant amount of rain in the weeks that followed severely hurt farmers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mid July is when people in the agriculture communitiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; eyebrows started raising. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take much for those folks to do that at that time of year, because basically if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get an inch of rain a week, you are going backwards,â&#x20AC;? Harper said. Surveying farmers from across the county, Powhatan had at least a 50 percent yield loss of crops, if not more, Henley said. More than 19,000 acres of corn, soybean, grass crops and other farm land have been adversely affected within the county at an estimated loss of over $1 million.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;That has been a significant loss to many of our farmers and producers across the state. Those that have to then feed their animals, hay supply has been shortened for this winter, which could potentially be a rough winter,â&#x20AC;? she said. The board unanimously passed the resolution to petition the governor. If granted, the designation allows for low interest, emergency loans for producers. But that measure isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to help all the farmers looking at a loss because of the drought. Billy Sifers of Powhatan is a grain farmer who farms between 800 and 1,000 acres. This was one of the driest years he has ever seen, especially late in the season. He said he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really see any rain after July 3, and by the time some started coming, the growing season was done. Added to that, he had a huge problem with deer hitting his crops, and he estimated he lost 100 acres of soybeans just to the deer. All told, when the soybeans were harvested, he averaged about 15 bushels to the acre, he said. The same field last year ran between 50 and 60 bushels an acre. Sifers said he is going to feel the real hurt in 2020 since he stores grain from one year to the next, selling it and using the proceeds to finance the fertilizer, seed, and everything else needed for the following year. With such a small yield in 2019, Sifers is worried about how he will pay for the operation in 2020. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My big concern is next year. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how we will finance the crop next year,â&#x20AC;? he said. The low interest loan connected to the state of emergency designation wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help him, he added, unless he was turned down by other banking institutions. He

also has crop insurance, which will help get some of the seed money back, but â&#x20AC;&#x153;it cannot and will not pay for everything you have spent. It is better than nothing, but it ainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a whole lot.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;To be in this operation, to be a grain farmer, which we are, we have an investment that has been made â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in machinery, equipment, land and everything else. There is nothing else you can do with it. You either keep farming or sell out and quit. That is all there is to it when you have this much money invested in equipment and land,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Poor yields The impact on each individual farmer will vary depending on many factors: the kind of crops they plant; when they were planted; how many times a year they harvest those crops; if they are feeding animals, and if they subsidize their farming operation through other jobs, Harper said. For instance, for many farmers who plant corn, the average crop was almost done by the middle of July, he said. The lack of rain hurt the growth toward the end, but it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have as big of an impact countywide as it did on the soybean crops, which took a harder hit. In 2018, many farmers who grew hay were able to get four good cuttings of the crop, he said. This year, the first cutting was good and some people made a â&#x20AC;&#x153;halfway decentâ&#x20AC;? second cutting, but after that, things pretty much went downhill and nobody made a third or fourth cutting. Collin Wolfe of Powhatan, who farms around 800 acres with cattle and hay, talked about the three cuts of hay he usually harvests. He said he had a pretty good first cutting, but the drought

CHURCH DIRECTORY

Praise and Worship Service Sunday School 9:45-10:45 Sunday Morning Worship will begin at 11:00 a.m.

Sunday School: 10:00-10:45 a.m. Worship Service: 11:00 a.m. 4731 Bell Road, Powhatan, VA 23139 804-598-5491

Holly Hills Baptist Church

5680 Cartersville Road Powhatan, Virginia 23139

(Independent Bible Believing)

Pastor Gregory L. Beechaum Sr. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The church where Jesus is Aliveâ&#x20AC;?

www.HollyHillsBaptist.org

Randy Blackwell, Pastor Sunday School - 10:00 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m. Youth Ministry 6:00 p.m. Adult Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7:30 PM

379-8930 1659 Anderson Highway 3Â˝ miles east of Flat Rock

9:00 a.m. ---- Sunday School 9:45 a.m. ---- Prayer & Praise 10:00 a.m.--- Sunday Morning Worship 5th Sunday at 11 a.m. Hour of Power 7:30 p.m. ---- Tuesday Night Worship & Bible Study

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Hollywood Baptist Church SUNDAYS AT 10AM 1348 ANDERSON HWY POWHATAN VA 23139 HTTP://RISENCHURCH.US

MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH 2591 Ridge Road Powhatan, Virginia 23139 804-598-2051 Rev. Bryan Stevens, Pastor 11 a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Worship Service 9 a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Church School Wednesday Bible Study 10 a.m. & 7 p.m.

Long winter ahead Cattle farmers in the area saw their pastures play out well ahead of schedule, which meant they had to begin supplementing the cowsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; diets with hay as early as 90 to 100 days before they normally start. If their hay didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come in as expected, the proposition of having to buy more hay, especially when there is a shortage in the area, could become so expensive that they have to sell the cattle because they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford to feed them. That creates more problems as too many cattle being offloaded at the same time floods the market and drives down the price farmers can get for them, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are not really going to know the full effects of how that is going to play out until we get into March and April, before people turn cattle out into grazing systems and they are still trying to buy hay,â&#x20AC;? Harper said. Wolfe said he normally doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t start feeding hay to the 12 cows he has until the middle of November, but this year he began putting hay out on Aug. 1. Those 12 cows go through roughly a bale of hay every day or two, meaning he will feed them about 60 or 70 extra bales of hay he could have sold. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have actually been turning people away. Usually I have hay all the way through the winter into March to sell to people for horses, cattle, goats, whatever, and I have actually been turning people away for the last month or so just because I have to make sure I keep enough hay back see DROUGHT, pg. 5

Graceland Baptist Church

Contemporary â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 8:30 a.m. Sunday School â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 9:45 a.m. Worship â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 11 a.m. Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Worship â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 11 a.m. Prayer/Bible Study â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Worship (all ages) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2095 Red Lane Road Wed. 6:30 p.m. 1/2 mile off Rt. 60 on Red Lane Road New Generation Praise & Worship â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 804-598-2455 Sunday 6 p.m. www.redlanebaptist.org Lighthouse Youth â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Wed. 5:30 p.m. Worship Service 9:00 a.m. Miracles of God Sp. Needs Service: Small Groups 10:30 a.m. 2 p.m. the 2nd Sat. of each month Wednesday Night Classes for all ages at 6:15 598-3481 â&#x20AC;˘ 975 Dorset Road Dr. James Taylor, Pastor www.gracelandbc.org

Reverend Mark A. Divens, Sr. Pastor

â&#x20AC;&#x153;God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things. We walk by faith and not by sightâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Pastor Darnell Carruthers

an attitude of gratefulness for the rain that does come. Nobody is forcing me to farm so I am thankful for the rains that have come this year,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Dr. Ronald Wyatt, Jr., Pastor

1059 Dorset Road Powhatan, VA 23139

GREENBRIER BAPTIST CHURCH

caused his fields to become so dry and dusty that he skipped over quite a bit of the land he usually cuts and didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really get a second or third cutting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Usually on a regular year I will finish my first cutting and go right back into the second cutting of the fields I mowed early. This year, we had a month and a half where I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have any hay to cut because I had finished my first cut and the second cutting just wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t growing. We had about a month and a half where we werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t making any production,â&#x20AC;? he said. This year he made half the amount of round bales and square bales as he did in 2018, Wolfe said. Usually about 90 percent of the hay he grows is sold as a cash crop. The only reason he isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t more worried is because he and his wife own a trucking company that will help pay the bills. He also talked about baling cornstalks for feed this year as a way to make up for some of his losses on hay. Vernon Moyer of Powhatan said his soybean crop was about half of the yield he and his dad, David, normally get even though all of their costs were the same. They will store the crop this winter and expect to get much less income when they sell it in March 2020, which will affect their cash reserves. He said he thinks it was enough of a crop to cover what they need, but they will have much less cushion than normal. The father and son farm land in Powhatan, Goochland and Cumberland counties, and thankfully some efforts did better than others. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You put a lot of effort and time and money into putting your crop out. It is discouraging when it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t produce like it could. But I always enter the growing reasons with

â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Church Where Love Never Fails!â&#x20AC;? Pastor Otis B. Lockhart, Jr.

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OLD POWHATAN BAPTIST CHURCH 3619 Huguenot Trail Powhatan, Virginia 23139 www.finecreekbaptist.org Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Worship Service: 11:00 a.m. Traditional Rev. David A. Simpson, Pastor

Brad Russell, Pastor 598-4241 First Worship 8:30 am Bible Study for all ages 9:45 am Second Worship 11:00 am Wed. Family Ministry 6:30 pm

2202 Old Church Road www.powhatanbaptist.org

Family Worship Center â&#x20AC;&#x153;Your Community Churchâ&#x20AC;?

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2901 Judes Ferry Road Powhatan, Va 23139 804-379-8223

Sunday School at 9:30 am Morning Service at 11:00 am Bible Study Every Wednesday Night at 6:30 pm 3964 Old Buckingham Road

Sundays 10:00 AM Wednesday 6:30 PM Experiencing the presence, power and person of Jesus Christ

Loving, Investing, Fulfilling, Empowering Senior Pastor Justin Wilson Sunday Service 10:30am 2410 New Dorset Circle www.Communitylifechurchpowhatan.org Feeding Powhatan Open 3rd Wednesday of the month

Muddy Creek Baptist Church

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Sunday 10am, 11am & 6pm

Sunday School - 9:45 am Worship - 11 am Wednesday Bible Study & Prayer Service - 7:00 pm

3920 MAIDENS RD., POWHATAN

Wednesday 7pm

Pastor Jeff Beard, MA, MBA 3470 Trenholm Road www.muddycreekbaptist.org

375-9212

804-598-2301 Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Sunday Morning Service 11:00 a.m. Wednesday Mid Day Bible Study 11:30 a.m. Evening Bible Study 7:00 p.m.

Travis L. Keith- Pastor Church Office: 794.7054 1530 Cook Road (Rt. 636)

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C R I M E R E P O RT â&#x20AC;˘ One male was charged on Oct. 23 with driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated (Misdemeanor), eluding officer/failure to stop (M), and speeding. â&#x20AC;˘ One male was charged on Oct. 23 with assault and battery (M). â&#x20AC;˘ One male was charged on Oct. 24 with strangling another causing a wound (Felony) and assault and battery of a family member (M). â&#x20AC;˘ One male was charged on Oct. 25 with possession of marijuana (M), driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated (M),

and failure to drive to right of road. â&#x20AC;˘ One male was charged on Oct. 26 with driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated (M) and speeding. â&#x20AC;˘ One male was charged on Oct. 26 with driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated (M) and driving after forfeiture of license. â&#x20AC;˘ One male was charged on Oct. 27 with driving after forfeiture of license. â&#x20AC;˘ One male was charged on Oct. 27 with profane swearing/public intoxication (M). â&#x20AC;˘ One male was charged

on Oct. 28 with expired state inspection or rejection, driving without a license, failure to notify of change of address within 30 days, offenses relating to registration, operating an uninsured vehicle (M), eluding an officer/failure to stop (M), and speeding. â&#x20AC;˘ One male was charged on Oct. 28 with driving without a license, eluding an officer/failure to stop (M), and speeding. â&#x20AC;˘ One female was charged on Nov. 1 with possession of marijuana (M). â&#x20AC;˘ One male was charged on Nov. 1 with posses-

DROUGHT

needed to enrich the 50 acres totaling about $4,000 and another $600 spent on feed, the process is too expensive for him to do all at once. He is hoping the renovated 50 acres will provide a good start to the year, and he will do the rest as he can afford and as the fields need it.

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for my cows,â&#x20AC;? he said. In the face of a higher demand for hay juxtaposed against a shortage of the crop, some producers will demand higher prices now or hold onto the hay until farmers are desperate during the winter and pay an even higher price, Wolfe said. He committed to not doing that with the hay he did sell, both because he has regular customers he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to take advantage of and he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to hurt other struggling farmers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am not going to say I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t agree with it, because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s business. But I am just not going to do that with my business because I look at the longterm. If you start jacking the price up on people that are buying several hundred round bales a year, chances are they are not going to come back to you the following year,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Moving forward There is so much more planning ahead that has to go into farming than people often realize. After Er-

sion of marijuana (M), carrying a concealed weapon (M), expired state inspection or rejection, and speeding. â&#x20AC;˘ One female was charged on Nov. 1 with issuing bad checks and petty larceny (M). â&#x20AC;˘ One male was charged on Nov. 2 with profane swearing/public intoxication. â&#x20AC;˘ One male was charged on Nov. 3 with disorderly conduct (M). â&#x20AC;˘ One male was charged on Nov. 3 with driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated (M), refusal of chemical test, and speeding.

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PET of the WEEK Hello everyone, my name is Frank, and I am an older boy around 7 or 8 years old. I was found as a stray, but no one ever came for me. I am really a loving boy, and I am calm and enjoy being with my people. I have the most gorgeous, big brown eyes. I really want a home and a loving family to live with the remainder of my life. Are any of you willing to give me this? If you would like to meet me, please call (804) 598-5672, and they will be happy to schedule you a time for a meet-and-greet.

If you would like to help the animals in our care, you can do so by donating to our medical fund at Claws and Paws, 4313 Anderson Hwy., Powhatan, VA 23139 Powhatan Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s OfďŹ ce | Division Of Animal Control Phone: 804-598-5672 | Fax: 804-598-5109 1024398-01

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Resident and farmer Collin Wolfe said the dust was coming out of his mower when he was mowing his field because conditions were so dry.

nest Hobson, a cattle and hay farmer in Powhatan, couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t harvest a second cutting of hay this year, he recognized that he and other farmers were becoming increasingly worried about the situation. On a good year, he can cut about 300 to 350 rolls of hay on the land he farms. This year, he estimates he cut about 200 rolls for the whole year. Most of the hay he grows is to feed the 56 cows he has, which can consume about 16 rolls a week, he said. Hobson said he is fortunate to still have some hay left from the 2018

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harvest, and he is hoping the combined totals will carry him through the winter. But he still wanted to be proactive about ensuring a better season in 2020, so last week he renovated about 50 out of the 140 acres he farms, which he hopes will be a big boost for his first cut of hay in the new year. The process of renovating a field is labor intensive and expensive, involving tilling the land, testing the soil, applying needed nutrients, and basically â&#x20AC;&#x153;starting all over againâ&#x20AC;? with the field, he said. With the fertilizer he

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CHURCH DIRECTORY

St. Lukeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Episcopal Church SUNDAYS 8AM Holy Eucharist (Quiet Service) 9AM Christian Formation (Sunday school for Children & Adults) 10:30AM Holy Eucharist All are Welcome For more information visit www.stlukespowhatan.org Route 711 at Three Bridge Road 794-6953

The Bridge The Church of Genito Jesus Christ of Church Presbyterian â&#x20AC;&#x153;Building a Bridge of Hopeâ&#x20AC;? Latter-day Saints

Church

Isaiah 58:12

2910 Genito Rd. Powhatan, VA

598-2086 Worship with us this Sunday Church service @ 9:30 AM Sunday school @ 10:30 AM

EVERGREEN COMMUNITY CHURCH (PCA) Proclaiming & Practicing the Gospel of Jesus Christ

www.EvergreenPowhatan.com

598-4970

598-8844

Located 1950 Ridge Road (Rt. 627) 2/10th of a mile north of Rt. 13

Rev. Robert Barnes

Powhatan United Methodist Church

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Meeting Sundays in Amelia, Farmville, Fork Union, Midlothian, Powhatan and Online. Visit pccwired.net for services times & locations. 598-1174 pccwired.net

Powhatan Christian Fellowship Sunday Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.

Worship Service 11:00 am Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Sunday School 10:00 am Wednesday Night 7:30 p.m.

Worship service at 9:30 AM Meeting at Flat Rock Elementary School

1957 Capeway Rd., Powhatan, VA

804-403-3963 Sundays: Morning Worship 10:00 AM Patrick Conner, Bishop Wednesday: Sacrament Service â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 10 am - 11 am Family Life Night 7:00 PM Gospel Doctrine â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 11:10 am 2480 Academy Road Priesthood/Relief Society â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 11:10 am 598-7159 Located off Route 60 at Lower Hill Rd. Pastor: Johnathan M. Whichard

Providence Presbyterian Church

Living As Christâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Disciples Within Our Hearts and Beyond Our Doors

Worship: 8:30 Just off Rt. 13 in the Village1 . &. 11 a.m. Sunday School: Sun 598-4438 ol: 9: 9:45 .a.m. 2253 Rosson Rd.

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Weekday Preschool (ages 2-5)

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3308 Pleasants Road, 1/4 mile off of Route 711 Russ Cress, Pastor 598-0733

St. John Neumann Catholic Church Rev. Walter G. Lewis, Pastor Saturday - 5 p.m. Sunday - 8:30 a.m. & 11 a.m. 598-3754 www.sjnpowhatan.org Located behind Flat Rock Village Shopping Center

598-6090

Mount Calvary Baptist Church 2020 Red Lane Road

Community Church Dr. Cavell W. Phillips, Pastor Where there is Unity, there is always Victory. A church â&#x20AC;&#x153;Where you are welcomeâ&#x20AC;? Wednesday: Bible Study Join Us For Sunday Worship 6:30 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 7:30pm ( 60 Minute 11:00AM â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 12:30PM Warm Up To Sunday ) Powhatan Village Building 3910 Old Buckingham Road ucc4me.org Powhatan, VA 804-256-4411

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Powhatan, VA 23139 1801 Huguenot Trail Sunday School 9am Pastor, Larry B. Collins Sunday Worship 10am Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Wednesday Bible Study 6:45pm Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m. Wednesday Bible Study Bryan M. Holt, Pastor 7:30 p.m. 378-3607 www.EmmausChristianChurch.org Office 804-598-2398

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Decorated pumpkins bring joy to kids

CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS

The ninth annual “Pumpkin for Kids” Project was held on Oct. 25 at Independence Golf Club in Powhatan. Organizers were grateful to have more than 50 companies participate, including Luck Companies and PieTech(MoneyGuide). They decorated pumpkins in themes ranging from movie and TV characters to video games, fairy tales, artwork, animals, and more. The top 15 pumpkins went to the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU. Some pumpkins went to Johnston Willis Hospital, Chippenham Hospital and other local hospitals in the Richmond area. The organizers extended a special thank you to Lexus of Richmond and Independence Golf Club. They also thanked Spoon Bread, Hardshell, Casa Del Barco, Level, Tavern 19, Mission BBQ and the amazing cake from Ukrop’s. The nonprofit raised $1,350 for the d Children’s Hospital Foundation and an unknown amount of donations that were purchased through the website. This year, they were honored to have children from Children’s Hospital come out for a parade and fishing.

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day,” she said. She added that her poll workers were extremely saddened that the situation happened and for the family’s loss, but she was very proud of the way they pulled together and maintained the security and integrity of the election despite an unexpected emergency. She also heard a few complaints about “overly aggressive campaigners that were intimidating voters and picking fights with other campaigners. It is typical heated local election problems.” One thing that set this election apart was the “exorbitant” amount of writein votes, Alexander said.

PHOTOS BY LAURA MCFARLAND

Residents Lance Willard, above, and Leonora Gorkin made sure their votes counted in the 2019 General Election in Powhatan.

The District 1 seat for the Powhatan County School Board was the only race without a certified candidate, although the race for Monacan Soil and Water Conservation District directors had two open spots and only one certified candidate. More than 2,500 writein votes had to be counted by hand and verified, making the electoral board’s canvas, which typically lasts a few hours, take about two days, she added.

PMS students share Veterans Day messages

Results Republican incumbent Glen H. Sturtevant Jr. was unseated in the race for the 10th District seat in the State Senate by democrat Ghazala F. Hashmi. Although Sturtevant won in Powhatan by a high margin and narrowly had the majority in Chesterfield, Hashmi had a huge lead in Richmond City that ultimately carried the day. She won with 54 percent of the vote over Sturtevant’s 45.89 percent. R. Lee Ware Jr., republican incumbent for House of Delegates District 65, won his race by a much wider margin of 65.05 percent to democrat Michael P. "Mike" Asip’s 34.88 percent. Ware did the best see ELECTION, pg. 7

PHOTOS BY LAURA MCFARLAND

Powhatan Middle School students create Veterans Day cards on Nov. 5 to send to McGuire Veterans Hospital. All grades participated by producing either a paper card to send or a video or both.

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Children once again shine at local events By Laura McFarland Editor

et’s brag on the kids a little. Don’t worry, I’m not going to gush about my kids; I don’t have any. I am talking about your children. In the last few weeks, I have had the opportunity to attend several community events where children were front and center, and I was once again so impressed with the manners and behaviors they displayed. Let’s talk Halloween. This is a night where families sugar up their kids and probably keep some of them up past their bedtimes, so, of course, there is going to be the possibility of some meltdowns. But in the several hours I spent at two local Halloween hot spots, other than a few being camera-shy, the children were nothing but polite. I love the fact that so many of the residents of Scottville go all out to provide an old- fashioned, safe trick or treating experience for local youth. I talked to one local resident, Judy Ketron, who keeps a counter every year of how many children she sees. This year, she and her husband, Bill, sat on the sidewalk and handed out candy to 995 children from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Halloween night. She said another resident counted 1,200 children coming to their house.

I lost count of how many “thank you” and “Happy Halloween” greetings from children of all ages rang through the air. They were nice and grateful and brought huge smiles to the residents’ faces. I am not saying they were perfect, but, overall, the tone of the night was wonderful. While I am talking about Scottville, I want to give a special shout-out. The residents enjoy this so much and have been buying candy for 1,000-plus children without complaint for years. That kind of expense can add up when you are buying candy for 1,000 to 1,5000 children. Recognizing this might be a financial burden, local community groups, including the Elizabeth Randolph Lewis Powhatan YMCA, collected candy to supplement their candy supply and ease the burden a little, which is commendable. A friend was handing out information about the 2020 Census at the gate of the 14th annual Harvest Fest Trunk-o-Treats at the Powhatan County Fairgrounds. Unsolicited, she couldn’t stop gushing about how friendly and polite the children had been that night and what an enjoyable experience it had been. I felt the same way. Children went from car to car, waiting politely when there was a crowd in front of them and thanking the people who gave them treats. And while I am sure they were focused on getting candy, I don’t think you can say it was only the candy

For Washington fans, a championship, finally By Jim Ridolphi Contributing Columnist

My first introduction to the Washington Senators blared out of a small Zenith radio that sat on a shelf in my grandmother’s kitchen. When I visited in the summer, the scratchy broadcasts of Senators baseball games were as routine as the August humidity. Another highlight of the summer was a visit to Griffith Stadium to see the Senators play the Yankees. I was too young to appreciate the greatness I witnessed in the form of Roger Maris, Mickey Mantle and other greats who regularly trounced the Senators, but the trip was always exciting. The games seemed long and onesided, and, honestly I was more amazed at my uncle’s scorekeeping skills as I gazed at his program filled with unfamiliar symbols and marks than the slow progress of the contest. As the years passed, I slowly formed an allegiance to the hapless Senators, the trip on the streetcar to Griffith, and the glaring futility of my favorite baseball team. It had then been more than four decades since Walther Johnson had clinched a seventh game victory for the team, and Washington had raised its last World Series trophy. And every Senator fan back then knew the glory days were long gone, and changed ownerships and bad deals had stripped the team of any chance to compete in a talent-ridden American League. The ultimate insult came in 1960 when the team was moved to Minnesota and became the Twins, and an expansion team took the field in D.C., a squad that never achieved the same allegiance as the original crew. To this day, many old Senator fans

still follow and root for the Twins, a sign of dedication for the old Nats. The end came in 1970 when the expansion Senators became the Texas Rangers and professional baseball in Washington began a self-imposed hiatus. Now, honestly, that team that left the city for Texas bore little resemblance to the group witnessed by those hardcore fans who had suffered through days at Griffith during the 1950s, their only flicker of hope coming on an occasional Harmon Killebrew home run. Like many things, you don’t know what you have until you lose it, and fans immediately lamented the loss of baseball in D.C. It took 23 years for baseball to return, and even longer for the pennant to return to the District. For an old-time Senators fan, the victory provided some sense of finality to a pursuit that began in clam diggers and most likely will end with a walker. But, there also was something akin to guilt because this group of professional baseball players somehow seemed different from our beloved losers of the 1950s and 1960s. And, of course, there’s that pesky detail that our Senators are still alive and well in the Twin Cities, so there’s that. But, I still have to tell you seeing that swirled W associated with a World Series trophy still provided the great feelings that only championships can provide. One of my friends was quick to dampen the mood by reminding me that this group is not the same team that filled my memories on those hot summer days at Griffith. “They’re not the Senators,” he said. But they are, sort of.

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motivating their politeness because I have seen some truly disappointing behaviors before when treats and children were involved. Fast forward to last week. I asked all of the public school principals if they had any Veterans Day activities planned, because it is always great to see schools imparting to our youth the significance of that day. Dr. Samantha Martin, principal of Powhatan Middle School, told me about their schoolwide project, which involved having all of the students make cards and video messages to share with patients at the Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center. I got to visit some of the classrooms to snap a few photos and found the students happy and engaged as they wrote cards – some of them quite artistic – and filmed little video greetings. I hope that when the veterans and their families see these small mementos, the experience will bring a smile to their faces and joy to their hearts. Children by their very nature can be unpredictable and have the power to bring out such a range of emotions as a result. But just as the moments of frustration and disappointment have to be borne, the moments of kindness, politeness, and good will should be celebrated. Laura McFarland may be reached at Lmcfarland@powhatantoday.com.

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in Powhatan County, where he received 77.8 percent of the votes, but also carried the majority of votes in the other four localities in the district, albeit sometimes by a closer margin. Only one of the constitutional offices was contested. Brad Nunnally was re-elected as sheriff, receiving 10,311 votes, against challenger Vince Whittaker, who received 2,025. The other unopposed office results were: commonwealth’s attorney, Richard “Dickie” Cox received 10,934 votes; treasurer, Faye Barton received 11,272 votes, and commissioner of the revenue, Jamie Timberlake received 11,211 votes. In the Monacan Soil and Water Conservation District directors race, John Kochensparger ran unopposed for one of two open seats and received 10,806 votes. The other position, which was filled by write-in votes, went to Dylan Ratliff, with 81 votes. Three of the board of supervisors races were contested. In District 1, David Williams was re-elected to his seat with 1,880 votes while Sandra Brindley received 1,204 votes. In District 4, Bill Cox won the seat with 1,404 votes over Eddie Whitt, who received 1,077 votes. In District 5, Karin Carmack was elected with 1,510 votes over Germando Harris, who received 531 votes. In District 2, Larry Nordvig ran unopposed and received 2,081 votes. In District 3, Mike Byerly ran unopposed and received 1,943 votes. In the school board races, there were no certified candidates in District 1, but two people ran strong write-in campaigns. Rick Cole was re-elected to the position with 992 votes, beating Vicki Hurt with 703 votes. District 2 saw an upset, with challenger Susan Evans Smith receiving 1,271 votes and beating out incumbent James L. Kunka, who received 868 votes. In District 3, in-

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At the polls Susan Cooper, co-chief election officer at the Subletts precinct, said they had seen a steady stream of people all day and residents were overall in a good mood, even if they had to wait. The biggest challenge at her precinct was the write-in votes for District 1 school board since they couldn’t give people much input. Lance Willard of Powhatan voted at the Subletts precinct. He said the 2019 General Election didn’t feel any different to any other elections, and the process itself was smooth. He was pleasantly surprised to see a good amount of people at the polls when he voted in the afternoon. “This is not a presidential election. You don’t normally think there will be this kind of turnout for a nonpresidential election, so it’s good to see this kind of turnout,” he said. Earlier in the day, Paul Vrooman of Powhatan cast his ballot at Company 1. He said the House of Delegates and board of supervisors races were the most important to him. The supervisor race seemed especially important with issues such as zoning changes, a lawsuit against the county regarding the R-C zoning issue, a proposed landfill in Cumberland County, and traffic on Anderson Highway all so prevalent. Vrooman said he always enjoys this time of year because of the “fall flowers” posted on so many street corners touting one candidate or another. It’s an exciting time for politics and an exciting time to vote, he added. “It’s so easy to vote; I don’t know why more people don’t vote,” he said.

food pantry, 2500 Batterson Road, from 10 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday or Saturday. Donations will be accepted through Nov. 21. Contact Patsy Goodwyn at 804598-4464 or patsygoodwyn@ gmail.com.

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the entire meal provided. For a complete list, contact the food pantry. Donations of $10 Food Lion gift cards or cash to purchase additional food are also appreciated. Make checks payable to the Powhatan Food Pantry and send them to Theresa Fields, treasurer, 1520 Swiftwood Drive, Powhatan, VA 23139. Drop off items at the

cumbent Valarie C. Ayers was re-elected with 1,291 votes, while challenger David Mack received 763 votes. In District 4, Joe Walters ran unopposed and received 2,272 votes. In District 5, Kim Hymel ran unopposed and received 1,778 votes.

The Powhatan Christmas Mother book and toy drive will be held through Dec. 16 at the Books-a-Million at Westchester Commons.

Powhatan County Public Library will honor veterans throughout the month of November with a photo display of local veterans, and an opportunity for all ages to reach out to current military service members though a letter and card writing station in the library. Stop by the library’s atrium in November to craft a message of thanks to a currently deployed service member. The library will handle see CALENDAR, pg. 9

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A long list of performers returned for the annual Veterans Day Concert held Nov. 3 at Powhatan High School. The program also included musical performances by PHS and Powhatan Middle School students. In addition to all of the local veterans who were recognized, McGuire Veterans Hospital brought a group of female veterans to the show to be honored for their service.

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said. “Before I came on the bench, an experienced judge told me I was going to be tired the first at least month of General District Court. I thought they were full of baloney because I had been running from court to court tying cases in Circuit Court and General District Court,” Stark said with a smile. “But with the mental workload of handling cases and the variety of cases on a day-in, dayout basis, certainly for the first month I was completely exhausted at the end of the day.” Although they divide their weeks between different courts in the 11th Judicial Circuit, both judges said they have been happy with their decisions to take on this new role in their lives and Powhatan has played a big part of that. Royall, who didn’t have a background in family law, admitted she was scared she would be too slow to learn her new role and make mistakes. But she, like Stark, talked about the people at all levels who have helped in the transition with their knowledge and support. “I really love the job already and I am so appreciative of every person who helped me get here. I still pinch myself,” she said. She said the only fly in the ointment has been the increased workload having her position filled has brought to support staff. Royall currently sits in Nottoway, Petersburg and Powhatan. She sits in Powhatan every Wednesday and the court is also having to increase the number of Tuesday court dates each month. She said she is grateful the General Assembly saw the need to fund the open judgeships because of the increase in caseload, but she also recognizes that action has consequences. The Powhatan Circuit Court Clerk’s Office has to provide support for the extra court days, just like bailiffs have to be supplied by the sheriff’s office. Seeking more funding for support staff will likely be a big push for the Virginia Supreme Court moving forward in its requests to the General Assembly, Royall said. But the request for more bailiffs has a bigger impact at the local level, and she is hoping that will be seen favorably in the next budget cycle by the board of supervisors.

Judge Stark When he took on the role of judge, Stark came to the position with 30 years of experience in law. While attending Hampden-Sydney College, Stark said he decided in his senior year to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a lawyer. He thought it would be an interesting profession where he had the opportunity to learn something new every day, which proved true throughout his career, he said. Stark attended law school at the University of Richmond, where he graduated in 1989. During and after that time, he also served in the Marine Corps Reserves from 1984 to 1992, which in-

cluded being activated for Operation Desert Storm and being deployed to Kuwait. He said he enlisted both to help pay for college and pushed by the bombing of a Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon on Oct. 23, 1983, when 241 U.S. service personnel were killed. In law school, about as far as he got to planning his future was feeling like he wanted to be in the courtroom. But that openness to what came next gave him the “chance to see all sides of the litigation world.” For the first year after law school, Stark served as a judicial clerk for Justice Asbury Christian Compton at the Virginia Supreme Court. He said it was an awesome experience that let him learn a great deal from some very qualified, competent people. “I definitely think it helped shape where I am today. I started out my career learning how judges review other judges’ decisions and where they got it right and where they got it wrong,” Stark said, adding that as a judge himself now, “I think I will try to hesitate before making a decision. Having seen the other side and perceiving what were mistakes made by trial judges made in the past, I am trying not to repeat those.” In 1990, he went to work for Tom Williamson and Carolyn Lavecchia doing primarily plaintiff’s personal injury suits for about seven years. He followed that up with more than 14 years doing insurance defense as in-house counsel at Progressive Insurance Company. In 2011, Stark, his father, Thomas Stark III, and a fellow Progressive co-worker, Craig Dunkum, started their own practice, Stark, Dunkum and Stark, handling plaintiff’s personal injury, insurance defense, criminal defense, and real estate litigation. Stark joked that Dunkum “abandoned” them to become a judge in the Henrico County General District Court. Stark continued in private practice with his father, but in 2017, he was approached by some attorneys who “encouraged me to consider seeking the appointment because we knew that Judge Gravatt was nearing retirement age.” After talking to the most important people in his life about the decision – his wife Melinda, his father, and Dunkum – Stark decided to seek the appointment. “I wanted to be a General District court judge because it is the court where the greatest percentage of the general public will have some interaction with a court, and the judge has the opportunity to influence the general public’s perception of whether a court is fair or unreasonable,” he said. “And I thought that I would be able to – from my experience in multiple aspects of the law that are handled in General District Court – be well suited to listen to the case, be knowledgeable about the law that would be applicable, and give a fair and full hearing to people that appeared in that court.” Currently, Stark sits in Powhatan on Thursdays

and Fridays. He also sits one day each in Nottoway County, Amelia County, and Petersburg. The one aspect of the job that has surprised him is the volume of the cases, he said. In General District Court, the cases come back to back, right after each other. “It is not a situation where you try a case, take a break and have another case. They come in rapid succession,” he said. Still, Stark said he has been very happy with his decision to become a judge and has not been terribly surprised about what he has experienced, “because as an attorney, I knew many of the defense attorneys that practiced in the court. I knew the prosecutors, and I knew the court staff. I expected that they would all be professional, helpful and confident, and that has been my experience as a judge.”

Judge Royall Royall took a more circuitous route to get to the bench, not realizing until she was in her late 30s that the law was the right career for her. After attending Longwood College and studying physics, she became a teacher. She worked for Chesterfield County Public Schools in different sets of time through the years and also worked for Chesapeake City Public Schools, for a combined total of about 14 years. She taught Advanced Placement (AP) Physics, Honors Chemistry, and biology. She also attended medical school for two years but again found it wasn’t the right path. Royall said she doesn’t exactly remember how she decided to go to law school at the University of Richmond, where she graduated in January 2004. But once she was there, she knew it was where she was supposed to be. She joked that it took her a long time to figure out what she wanted to be when she grew up. “I was 39 when I graduated from law school. People say it took a lot of guts. I think it is the opposite. It is so sad for people to stay in a job they hate. It took me a lot of careers to figure out the right one. Even if I was 50, it is never too late to be what you were meant to be,” she said. The 15 years practicing law that followed again provided a variety of opportunities. After a few months at a private practice right out of law school, she went to work as an assistant commonwealth’s attorney in Chesapeake in July 2004 for two years, followed by almost a year in the same role in Chesterfield County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office. Royall said her decision to work as an associate attorney for Paullin Law Firm from late 2007 to late 2012 was driven by the fact she was a divorced single mom raising two sons and needed a better salary. At the same time, she said her time as a defense attorney now greatly helps her as a judge. “When you have done defense work for awhile, you realize each case is individual and every defendant is a different per-

son,” she said. “Before I was a defense lawyer, I thought fair was treating every defendant the same. When I became a defense attorney, I realized fair is fair to that person in those circumstances and no person is the same.” Royall ran and won the election for the commonwealth’s attorney seat in Nottoway in November 2012, where she was until earlier this year. Like Stark, it was the suggestion from other attorneys about seeking a judgeship that really started the wheels turning for her. “I don’t think there are many attorneys who would say I have never thought about it, but you don’t voice it yourself,” she said. Initially, Royall sought the seat Gravatt had left vacant. But several people kept pushing her toward Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court, saying her background as a teacher, personality, love of children, and personal experiences would make her a good fit for that role. Royall said she had never practiced family law or done custody or visitation cases, which is the majority of what she does now. She had some insight into the cycle of domestic violence and the impact on children involved in these situations, but said it has still been a huge learning curve. And that doesn’t even begin to cover the emotional weight of some of the cases she hears. She said her husband, Tony, who is a Virginia State Police special agent, was concerned when she took the job because he knew it would take an emotional toll. “And it has. There are days I go home and can’t believe what people do to their children,” she said with a shake of her head. “I knew that and don’t think that is ever going to get any easier. But what I have learned in the last 11 months or so is I do feel like I am the right person to be making those decisions because I do care – really care – and I have seen a lot of judges who don’t. “Someone is going to make those hard decisions and I feel like it should be someone who really cares. I am willing to be that person,” she said. Laura McFarland may be reached at Lmcfarland@powhatantoday.com.

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Holiday greenery workshop Contributed Report Goochland-Powhatan Master Gardeners will hold a Holiday Greenery Workshop at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 6 at Powhatan County Public Library, 2270 Mann Road. Volunteers will demonstrate how natural materials can add a fresh look to your holiday décor. Participants will learn about various types of greenery and how to use them. Freshcut greens, grapevine wreaths, wire and ribbon will be provided. Wear casual clothes

and bring pruning shears and gloves. Bring any decorating materials you’d like to use to personalize your wreath. Cost is $15 and includes supplies. Pre-registration is required and space is limited. Register online at https://forms.gle/ H5JR6byWrHXzChu86. Fees must be dropped off at or mailed to the Powhatan Extension Office, 3910 Old Buckingham Road, Powhatan, VA 23139 by Dec. 2 (make checks out to VA Tech Treasurer).

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experience. Each of the three “Catechists” has over 100 hours of training and are certified CGS instructors. The class will meet in a special area called the Atrium, which has been carefully prepared with everything the child will need to explore and grow in their faith and knowledge of God’s love for them. The program will run from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. Monday mornings. Parents and younger siblings will be able to stay on site in the church nursery during the instructional time. There is no cost to attend the program. Interested parents may contact the church office at (804)7946953 for further information and to sign up for a program orientation and introduction. St. Luke’s is located at 2245 Huguenot Trail, Powhatan (corner of Huguenot Trail and Three Bridge Road).

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distributing completed letters via the Support Our Troops organization. Contact Powhatan County Public Library at 804-598-5670 or library@powhatanlibrary.net.

The Coalition of Powhatan Churches has recently been given office space by May Memorial Baptist Church. This office is in the Youth House adjacent to the church. COPC is very grateful to finally have a central location. The nonprofit is now looking for volunteers to receive applications, answer the phone, etc. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. If this is something you think you would enjoy a day a week or month, contact Patsy Goodwyn at 804-598-4464 or patsy@ goodwynlumber.com. If you have submitted your name as a volunteer before, contact Patsy again as some previous information was lost.

Backpacks of Love, nonprofit committed to eliminating hunger in school-age children by providing nourishing food for their weekend, needs help. In addition to the constant need for donated individualsized food items, adults or students are needed to double bag the plastic bags the group packs in, which will help expedite the packing process. (This job can be done at home if people pick up bags at the pantry office.) The group also needs help breaking down boxes for recycling. This job should be done weekly preferably on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and/or Thursdays after packing days. These are great jobs for students looking for community hours. Contact Gloria at 804-598-2723. Narconon Arrowhead is here to help you. Narconon offers free addiction counseling, assessments, and referral services to rehabilitation centers nationwide. Call 1-800468-6933 or log on to www. narcononarrowhead.org.

Powhatan Food Pantry is in need of volunteers for AM food pickups at both Food Lion stores for various days of the week or substituting for illnesses and vacations. Vans for pickup are provided. Contact the food pantry at 804-372-9526 or powhatanvafoodpantry@gmail. com.

No one deserves to be abused. Find safety, options and support. Women’s support group based in Powhatan but open to all women impacted by domestic violence. The group is free, confidential and childcare is available. Contact 804-5985630 ext. 2422 or 2420.

For all your gardening questions, the Master Gardener Help Desk is open Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.at the Powhatan Extension Office, 3910 Old Buckingham Road, located in the basement next to the May Memorial Baptist Church. The phone number is 804-598-5640.

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Runners heading to states

Indians advance to semis

By Nick Vandeloecht

Sports Editor

MECHANICSVILLE – Powhatan freshman Rebecca Ray left it all on Pole Green Park’s challenging course on a fiery final sprint. She feels it’s probably the hardest she’s run. “I tried my hardest to keep it all on the course,” she said, “and not feel like I could’ve done better.” It paid off. Bypassing runners in the closing stretch of the Region 4B girls varsity championships, Ray rolled out a time of 20:46 to place seventh in the race, qualify for states alongside her teammate, junior Gavin Timmons, and earn top 10 All-Region honors. “It was hard – I had to push through all the pain and tiredness,” Ray said about making

POWHATAN – Powhatan Volleyball has been focusing on playing hard instead of working hard. That shone through when the team called a timeout while trailing, and the players – smiling and cheering each other on – didn’t act like they were down. That approach – and the Indians’ total team effort – carried them past Chancellor’s stout defense in four tightly contested

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Powhatan’s Aaron Nash goes airborne on contact while going for forward progress.

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RICHMOND - Technically, Powhatan’s clash with Huguenot Football on the Falcons’ field Friday night was a regular season finale. But really, it was a playoff game before the playoffs. The hosting Falcons, seeded seventh in Region 4B with the top eight teams moving

Powhatan’s Isaac Trent (10) and Brien Clay lock arms in Friday’s 2019 finale.

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His incredible recovery Bradley went from possibility of losing his leg to playing football again By Eric Kolenich Times-Dispatch The athletic trainer at Powhatan High School takes a bag of ice and wraps it around Tristen Bradley’s shoulder. Bradley makes sure to say thank you. He’s a senior safety on the football team now, and Bradley is thankful for every mo-

BRADLEY ment. He’s thankful for his mom, for his dad and for every minute he gets to play football. Because it was almost taken away from him.

Because, when he was a freshman playing junior varsity football, he scooped up a fumble and tried to run it back for a touchdown. But an opposing player jumped on his back, and another slammed into his left leg, which was planted into the ground. The pain in his knee was so bad, an ambulance was called. When the medic asked if Bradley could wiggle his toes, only his pinky toe moved. When he arrived at the hospital, the doctor said something he would never see BRADLEY, pg. 3B

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Powhatan’s Rebecca Ray finishes the girls’ Region 4B championships in 7th place.

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McKenzie Urbine (11) attacks in Powhatan Volleyball’s Region 4B quarterfinal match versus Chancellor; teammate Allie Dulio (left) looks on.

Powhatan FH ends hard-fought 2019 By Nick Vandeloecht

Powhatan’s Gavin Timmons sprints to the finish to place 12th in the boys’ Region 4B championships.

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MIDLOTHIAN - Powhatan Field Hockey delivered a 2019 season that will be remembered for its intensity and close games. The Indians played five games that went beyond regulation and won three of the five. All three of those victories came during shootouts. “We were competitive in almost every Dominion District game,” said Powhatan head coach Stephanie Tyson. “Some went our way and some didn’t. But we as a group - we never gave up.” And in what would prove to be their final 2019 match - a Region 4B quarterfinals match at Monacan - the Powhatan Indians continued to battle, playing hard

all the way until the final whistle blew, which drew their year to a close on a 3-1 loss to the Chiefs. “We took it as a team – we fought hard; we stuck together,” said junior Kaitlin Thompson. “Had some down times…but we stuck to it ‘til the end.” Despite the loss, senior Michala Taylor fought hard in her final high school field hockey match. After Mynda Gentry’s goal gave the Chiefs a 1-0 lead, Taylor drove the length of the field, forcing the home team’s defense to halt her drive near Monacan’s goal. She also tried to tap in a short-distance goal while falling to the ground. On one of Powhatan’s corners, Taylor saw her lasering groundball shot sail just wide of the see FIELD HOCKEY, pg. 3B

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Powhatan’s Ella Weber (right) defends in Monday’s Region 4B quarterfinals.

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Saints finish as state runners-up By Jacob Downer For the Powhatan Today Saint Catherine’s volleyball team knew it was up against a tall order in facing top-seeded Flint Hill in the VISAA Division 1 state championship match on Saturday afternoon at Roanoke Catholic. The Huskies entered the match as two-time defending state champions with a nearly pristine record of 30-1 this season, the only loss coming in the final of a tournament in New Jersey. The Huskies had not dropped a single set in any of their other matches, including in their 2-0 victory over the Saints back in September. The Saints, however, were not to be intimidated as they took a thrilling first set with a 26-24 win. But ultimately, Flint Hill’s superior size began to take control and the Huskies won the final three sets to claim their third straight title (24-26, 25-9, 25-19, 25-22). Saints head coach Skip Weston said he was proud of his team’s effort against what was widely considered a heavily-favored opponent. “[Flint Hill] has had a great season and we knew it would be difficult with how much size they have,” Weston said. “Our goal was to win one set, which we did right away, and then we just kept battling.” The seniors graduating from this year’s squad were all freshmen when Weston first took the job. “At least four of the girls have been with me all four years here, “ he said. “We’ve taken baby steps from the first year up until the state finals today, and I’m just pleased that I had the opportunity to coach

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Quinn Menger of Powhatan serves in St. Catherine’s VISAA state final match at Roanoke Catholic School versus Flint Hill.

them. They’re a special group.” The first set was a virtual dead heat throughout, as the first 11 points of the game alternated between the teams and neither was able to climb ahead by more than four points. The Saints held a slim lead at 2321, only to see the Huskies reel off three straight to go for set point at 24-23. Saint Catherine’s stood firm, however, and junior setter Quinn Menger (Powhatan) delivered backto-back solid serves to help clinch the set 26-24. Menger, who finished with 26 assists and 3 blocks, said the team was well-aware of their underdog status - and that caused them to play one of their better matches of the year. “Honestly it felt like we played with a chip on our shoulder today,” Menger said. “We didn’t make as many mistakes as [Flint Hill] probably expected and we were really

fired up after winning the first set that was our goal coming in.” The Huskies quickly responded with a dominant showing in the second set, at one point winning 16 of 18 points to even the match at one set apiece. The third set more closely resembled the first, as the teams battled closely throughout and the score was tied at 18-all. But Flint Hill went on another of its strong runs and won seven of the last eight points to take the set, 25-19. The Saints in the fourth set continued to fight even after losing 10 straight points to fall behind 11-6. The team clawed back to tie things at 17-all, but the Huskies used their advantage in size up front to finally put the match away at 25-22. Senior Libero Claire Ellis (Goochland) spoke to how she enjoyed getting to be part of the team as it progressed and improved each of her four seasons. Ellis recorded 15 digs and an ace in the championship match. “Our team is so close - there are only 12 or 13 of us, so we’re really tight-knit,” Ellis said. “It’s been so nice to be able to come to practice with this team after a bad day at school because we truly are like a family.” The Saints, seeded no. 2 in the VISAA Division I state tournament, reached the final by defeating no. 7 Norfolk Academy (25-20, 25-11, 25-15) in the quarterfinals and no. 3 Bishop O’Connell (25-20, 2517, 23-25, 25-15) in the semifinals. Menger had 3 kills, 1 ace, 6 digs and 31 assists vs. Norfolk Academy and 8 kills, 1 ace, 1 block, 7 digs and 41 assists vs. Bishop O’Connell.

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on, were in danger of missing the postseason if they lost. The Indians, on the other hand, came to Richmond seeded ninth the first team on the outside looking in. If they wanted a chance to do battle on the gridiron for at least one more week, they needed to win. But after the Indians led 7-6 at halftime, Darnell Mason connected with Manquelle Ross on two blistering touchdown passes, and Huguenot fended off Powhatan 20-14 to secure advancement to the first round. Longtime coach Mike Henderson, who completed his first season at the helm of the Powhatan Indians, said he couldn’t be any more proud of his players. “We left it all out here tonight,” Henderson said. “It wasn’t always pretty, but you couldn’t ask for any more effort from any of our guys.” Henderson noted how they were playing without three of their starters throughout points of the game. “Everyone just pitched in and did everything we could, and we had chances,” Henderson said. “Ball just didn’t bounce our way a few times.” After the Indians found their footing early on across the turf field, neither team was safe when driving into the opponents’ territory in the first half. Powhatan’s Brien Clay recovered a Falcons’ fumble after they started from the Indians’ 22 and returned it for 16 yards, Huguenot’s Titus Jefferies rushed a Powhatan turnover around the Falcons’ 30 to the Indians’ 15 and Jerron Fleming Jr. raced a blocked 42-yard field goal attempt by the Indians all the way to the house to put Huguenot on the scoreboard in the first quarter. But the missed point-after-touchdown kick kept them in a deficit, as senior kicker Mason Pinnell ensured a 7-6 halftime lead with the PAT to cap Powhatan’s opening drive. The Indians were carving up chunks of yardage in the ground game during their opening drive; Aaron Nash and Hans Rehme mixed in at the quarterback position and utilized the fake handoff effectively with sizable runs through the middle. Helping them excel at keeping the Falcons’ run defense off-balance early was sophomore running back Mitchell Johnson, who attacked the outside and rolled-out a pair of 13-yard, first down runs before dashing five yards

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Powhatan senior Mason Pinnell (7) kicks the ball in Friday’s 2019 regular season finale at Huguenot High School.

up the middle and into the end zone for a touchdown. Johnson carried the ball 19 times for 106 yards and the two scores. But after Powhatan forced Huguenot into a turnover on downs on the Indians’ 6, and Fisher Hamersley held Manquelle Ross out of the end zone after Mason hit Courtney Ross on a 52-yarder, Mason tapped into a rhythm. In the third quarter he threw a short pass to Manquelle Ross, who ripped down the left sideline for the 33-yard catch-and-run to put Huguenot ahead. Mason made it a 7-point game when he lasered the two-point conversion pass to Kevin Gayles; Osmand Harris had set up the Falcons’ 74-yard scoring drive on an interception, his first of two on the evening. Powhatan responded to tie the game in the fourth quarter when Nash threw a 30-yarder to a wideopen Hamersley from the opponent’s 35, and Johnson delivered his second five-yard touchdown run of the night up the middle to tie the game. But the Falcons assembled a 98-yard drive to take back the lead for good, with Mason stepping up in the pocket and rifling the ball to Manquelle Ross again, this time from 47 yards out with Ross hauling in the catch while on the run. Powhatan had one last chance to try and even up the score in the closing moments, but was held to a turnover on downs with less than 30 seconds left in regulation. Rehme completed 11 of 21 passes for 92 yards and rushed 9 times for 64 yards. Jaysun Carroll caught 4 passes for 42 yards and also added 5

tackles and a fumble recovery, and in addition to making 2 catches for 35 yards, Hamersley batted down a pass to force a turnover on downs after Huguenot, following Harris’ second interception, went for it on 4th and goal from the Indians’ 10 yard line. Wyatt Lowe found his way into the backfield multiple times and led the team on 12 tackles, including 7 solos; he had 3 tackles for loss and a sack. Chase Gayness made 8 tackles, Isaac Trent had 7 and forced a fumble and Brien Clay delivered 6 along with a sack, a tackle for loss, a forced fumble and the ensuing fumble recovery. Cam Arnold made 4 tackles, Hamersley delivered 3 and Zach Karanian made 2 and had a tackle for loss. Pinnell made a tackle on a kick return. For the Indians, whose 2019 season ended with the loss, it’s hard to bid farewell to their 13 seniors. But when Powhatan’s starting wide receiver went out in the first series of the first quarter, Henderson said they didn’t have a single senior take a snap on offense for the rest of the game. All of those underclassmen who played on offense until the fourth-quarter clock reached zero are set to come back in 2020. “We’ve got a lot of talent coming back…the future looks bright, but right now I’m more concerned with how my seniors are doing and how everybody’s feeling,” Henderson said. “The way that the seniors showed how we work - and (their) dedication, it’s very impressive.”

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sets and into the Region 4B semifinals on a thrilling quarterfinal triumph (25-22, 21-25, 2522, 25-20) on Wednesday, Nov. 6. “This group of girls has exceeded everybody’s expectations,” said Cindy Bryant, who has gotten Powhatan to this point of the season in her first year as the team’s head coach. “But they have not exceeded mine, because I knew they were capable of great things…they’re great girls…I feel very humbled to get the opportunity to take them to a regional semifinal.” They’re in sync with each other, said sophomore setter Bryson Amorese, who added that “it didn’t take long” within the season for them to click together. And in Wednesday’s quarterfinal, a lot of Powhatan’s players did a lots of things well, Coach Bryant pointed out, “and that’s what it’s going to take – we anticipate that from here forward, that we’ll have to spread our offense well and not let ‘em stop our any one thing.” Amorese more than bounced back from the previous week’s regular season finale at Patrick Henry where, according to Coach Bryant, she had to endure hearing people in the stands scream “double” on most of her sets. On Wednesday she tallied up 37 assists and 13 digs while sprinkling in one ace and one kill, and she also employed the strategic setter dump attack, sending the ball over the net several times on the team’s second touch, which is typically used to set the ball. “When I started playing more front row, I wanted to get that down, because I knew it would work a couple of times in games,” Amorese said of the dump attack. “It’s been fun – it took a while to kind of get used to it, just because I’m shorter and I knew the girls would be able to block me if they saw it coming, so I just try to keep it sneakier and then just do it quicker over the net.” Amorese also floated one set high, across the net and just inside Chancellor’s court for the point as the visitors didn’t make the return. Junior Natalie Mueller dialed-in as the match progressed, finding more and more success as she challenged Chancellor’s defending players on her serves and powerful attacks. She served two aces, rose for one block, defended well in the back with 10 digs and crushed 11 kills, including one for the decisive match point. Sophomore middle Faith Henderson delivered crucial points in the clutch; after Powhatan fought back from a 10-5 first-set deficit with the help of Ellison’s spot-serving to trail 11-10, Henderson crushed the tying point down the middle, then sent a kill to the corner for a 12-11 lead. She also secured the go-ahead point in the third set at 14-13 as Chancellor hit her serve backwards and to the wall. Her service ace complemented five kills, one block and two digs. Senior Star Bryant was a key part of Powhatan’s strong defensive effort and made timely points throughout as she slammed six kills across, registered 12 digs and led her team with three blocks. Sophomore Libero Allie Dulio went low and extended for multiple hard hits and finished the night with 11 digs. Junior Kara Huber in the middle of the match defended against several volleys from the backline, picking up six digs. And whenever senior Sierra Ellison rose up to hit the ball, only Ellison could say where it was going through the strength of her hit. Sometimes she lasered it across the court. Sometimes she dinked it a short ways for shallow kills like she did Wednesday to set up match point. Sometimes she dared the defenders to try and return her mid-powered roll shots. And then sometimes she just let loose. The booming no-doubter she hammered along the sideline to set up set point in the third frame was proof of that. She made 17 digs and 16 kills and added two aces and two blocks. “She’s really good at exposing the other team’s court – what is open,” Coach Bryant said. “She gets up there, she sees it, she puts the ball there and she just changes it up enough that… they braced for a huge hit and the next thing you know it’s rolling right in front of them.” Junior McKenzie Urbine, who according to Coach Bryant reacts very well to the ball, played a brilliant first set and established the kind of game she’d deliver early on. She turned two reflexive defensive touches by her teammates in desperation maneuvers to keep the ball afloat into a one-handed overhead attack that crossed the net and found the floor for Powhatan’s second point of the match. She also: put her team ahead 15-14 in the first set when Chancellor hit away her dink; spiked a comebacker from Chancellor in the second; smashed a fiery kill into space for a 17-13 lead in the third; and secured the third set point and a 2-1 match lead for Powhatan on her attack. She forced multiple hitaways throughout the match and totaled five kills and two digs. Coach Bryant also pointed to the players on the bench as contributors to that total team effort. “We had some good eyes on the bench – getting great feedback about what was open on the other side of the court,” she said. Powhatan played at Courtland in the Region 4B semifinals with both a state tournament berth and advancement to Wednesday’s Region 4B championship match on the line.

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Powhatan YMCA Pumas 3rd in Fall Final Recently, 11 YMCAs participated in the 2019 Fall Final Cross Country Meet at Dorey Park. The Powhatan Pumas placed 3rd overall, and Powhatan runner Nate O’Neill (above, at right) won the race with a 22:59. Grant Hearn placed 1st in his age division, and Savannah Campbell placed 3rd in her age division.

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goal; she pressured to score on another swift drive soon after, with the Chiefs’ keeper rushing out of the goal and to her left to block away the ball on Taylor’s drive. Coaches Tyson and Caryn Rehme are feeling very optimistic about how the game ended and the play they saw from their younger studentathletes. They changed the lineup at the start of the second half and saw “so many positive things happen.” Jordan Krauss got things started for the Indians offensively (she returned from knee surgery), and Powhatan’s goal was scored by Joy Johnson. Young keeper Peyton Tuttle had 5 saves in the second half. Tyson added: “Ella Weber had another stellar game on defense and I am so proud of the way she led this team throughout the season.” “It felt good to find our flow – sad it’s our last game but we finally connected,” said Weber, a senior. “I think they’ll have a good season next year; we just had to… click. We finally found what positions work and how we need to play our game.” The last game of the season is always extremely difficult for many reasons, Tyson said. “It is sad to see it come to an end- we have spent time together almost everyday on the field since July,” Tyson said. “And it is also extremely difficult to see this great group of seniors leave the program. This is the first group that started out on JV with Rehme, so they definitely played a huge part in the success we have had and hope to have in the future of the program.” This season featured a mix of experience for the Indians; they only had a few players who were starters on varsity from the previous season mixed in with a large group of younger players who had no varsity experience at all. But throughout the season - and in the regional quarterfinal - Tyson noted how the team played hard until the end and did not quit. “We are looking forward to working hard coming back next season ready to compete,” Tyson said. “We work as a family,” Thompson said. “We’re never apart – never single anyone out. We work through everything together – down times, up times. Everything’s together. It’s a family.”

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those extra passes at the end of the race. “I just had to sprint and keep going.” For Ray, the course’s challenges included its steep hills. “It was tough getting up those and not slowing down – there are a lot of those,” she added with a laugh. But she felt she pushed through the hills pretty well. “I crested them and kept going – even when I was dead inside, I was so tired,” she added with a chuckle. Following her run on Wednesday and her strong performance throughout her firstever season running cross country, Ray said she’s pretty proud of how she’s done. Hanover freshman Alli Crytser led her Hawks in winning the Region 4B team chamNICK VANDELOECHT/POWHATAN TODAY pionship as she took the indi- Powhatan senior Gabriel Kerns (1649) delivers a furious sprint to cap his high school cross vidual title on an 18:10, nearly country career as he dashes to the finish line in the Region 4B boys varsity championships. 24 seconds ahead of runner-up Powhatan varsity results: Emily Morris from Patrick first and third miles – he had a Emandes from Courtland. Powhatan’s boys overall ran Region 4B championships sub-five run in the first mile and Henry. After an IT band injury pre- a negative split going from his 6th out of 14 teams that competed in the race, and Powhat- Boys (94 total runners) vented him from running for second mile to his third. an’s girls took 7th out of 11 Gavin Timmons, 12th, 17:04 For Timmons, it was really three-and-a-half weeks, Gavin Timmons delivered Powhatan encouraging to get that kind of teams. Both teams’ overall re- Jackson Tester, 41st, 18:19 Cross Country’s fastest run in time on Pole Green Park’s sults exceeded the mock meet Davis Tester, 43rd, 18:21 estimates that the coaches had Cole Whiting, 18:56 Wednesday’s Region 4B boys’ course. Joshua Holland, 20:09 “It gives me a lot of confi- calculated. varsity championships when he Ray and Timmons qualified Gabriel Kerns, 20:21 crossed the finish line on a dence in the summer training 17:04 to place 12th and qualify that I put in,” he said. “I put to- for states within the top 5 indi- Palmer Johnson, 21:00 gether probably twice as many viduals not on the top 3 teams. for states. Timmons noted how the miles over the course of this Timmons was the fourth top Girls (81 total runners) course plays a “mental game” past summer, training for this qualifying individual for boys; Rebecca Ray, 7th, 20:46 in the second mile, “because year, than I have in past years.” Ray was the top individual Alexis Elzey, 35th, 22:42 Lucy Redlich, 37th, 22:49 Lee-Davis won the Region qualifier for the girls. you had fast uphills, but then it The VHSL Cross Country Virginia Bird, 44th, 23:15 started to level out,” and then 4B team championship and there was a tough climb up to Louisa’s Branden Wood was state championships are set for Alyssa Gorman, 46th, 23:22 the boys’ top runner, winning Saturday, Nov. 16 at Great Audrey Lennon, 25:15 the second-mile mark. The junior felt his best the individual championship on Meadow in The Plains. Class 4 Katharina Ernst, 27:10 marks in the run came in the a 15:56, a little over 25 seconds girls run at 10:30 a.m. Class 4 ahead of runner-up Kyle boys run at 11:15 a.m.

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forget: His leg needed emergency surgery, and if the blood vessel had ruptured, they would need to amputate his leg. “I felt like my world was over,” Bradley said. The anesthesia put him to sleep, and when he woke up, he felt pain, which was a good sign. He slid his left hand down to his leg. It was still there. But he had torn his ACL, his MCL, his PCL and his IT band. “I didn’t even know what my IT band was,” he said. It took two surgeries to put his leg back together. Doctors asked him what would he do if he couldn’t play football again. He didn’t have an answer. He had no other hobbies, no girlfriend. Playing professional football was his goal. He asked his mom, “What did you want to be when you were a kid?” She said she wanted to be a nurse. Bradley told her: You accomplished your goal, and now I need to accomplish mine.

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“I walk around different, I smile different. Senior year’s been beautiful, man.” - Powhatan’s Tristen Bradley, on his recovery from a severe leg injury.

So he began his recovery. It was months before he could even jog on a treadmill. His balance was off center and his leg was

skinny. But he could recover from this. If his Uncle Wade could handle cancer, he thought, Bradley could handle his leg. Uncle Wade had been diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer. But he always smiled, always spent time with his kids and always handled it with dignity, up until the day he died. Bradley rejoined the team sophomore year, wearing a brace, but it didn’t go well. The brace squeaked when he ran. By junior year, his leg felt healthy, but mentally, he still hadn’t recovered. Now, finally, for his senior year, his leg is strong and his confidence has returned. He’s convinced himself he doesn’t have a bad leg. The one that had two surgeries? That’s his good leg. Bradley’s high school career came to a close with Powhatan’s loss to Huguenot on Friday night. But it’s a blessing to have obstacles, he said before the game. His perspective has changed. When he’s assigned homework by his teachers, he doesn’t complain. He thinks: At least I have two legs. At least I can walk without a limp. “I walk around different, I smile different,” he said. “Senior year’s been beautiful, man.”

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The Herd with Colin Cowherd Speak for Yourself Lock It In Fair Lines NFL Live Varied NBA: The Jump Noon Ques Around Pardon GMA3: Strahan General Hosp. Mel Robbins Dr. Phil 8 News 8 News Young Bold The Talk Ellen Show CBS6 News News News Amer 25 Maury Injury Injury Steve Wilkos Judge Judge Days of Lives Kelly Clarkson Tamron Hall News at 4PM News News Heat of Night JAG JAG Blue Bloods Blue Bloods Varied Programs Splash Molly Xavier Arthur Wild Odd Ready Biz Kid SciGirls Cyber Xavier Pink Se Splash Dino Arthur Varied Programs CNN Right Now CNN Newsroom CNN Newsroom Jake Tapper Situation Room MSNBC MSNBC Live MSNBC Live Deadline MTP Daily The Exchange Power Lunch Closing Bell Fast Varied Outnumbered Daily Briefing Fox Reporting Neil Cavuto The Five Law & Order Law & Order Law & Order Law & Order Law & Order Supernatural Supernatural Varied Programs Friends Friends Friends Friends Friends Amer. Amer. Amer. Family Family Varied Programs King King King King King Varied Two Two Two Two Varied Programs South Office Office Varied Programs Stories of ER Gypsy Sisters Gypsy Sisters Varied Programs Pit Bulls-Parole Pit Bulls-Parole Varied Programs Movie Varied Programs Gunsmoke Gunsmoke Gunsmoke MASH MASH MASH MASH Movie Varied Programs (12:00) Movie Movie Movie (12:00) Movie Movie Movie Varied Programs Pioneer Pioneer Varied Programs Varied Programs Movie Movie Varied Programs Movie Varied Programs Movie Varied Programs Reba Reba Reba Reba Home Home Home Home Last Last Varied Programs

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Boxing Å Inside PBC Boxing PBC PBC Monday Night NFL Football: Kansas City Chiefs vs Los Angeles Chargers. SportsCenter Wheel Jeopardy Dancing With the Stars “Semi-Finals” The Good Doctor News Kimmel News Holly Neighbor Bob All Rise (In Stereo) Bull (In Stereo) Å News Colbert Big Bang Big Bang 9-1-1 “Kids Today” Prodigal Son (N) Fox News at Ten DailyMail Mod Fam ET Inside The Voice “Live Top 13 Performances” Bluff City Law (N) News J. Fallon M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H Fashion’s Night In - Countdown to Cyber Monday “2 Weeks to Go” (N) (Live) Å PBS NewsHour (N) Antique Roadshow American Masters Å (DVS) Independent Lens (In Stereo) Gallery: The: Native Art Now!: Great Performances “Red” (In Stereo) PBS NewsHour (N) E. B. OutFront Anderson Cooper Cuomo Prime Time CNN Tonight CNN Tonight Hardball Matthews All In With Rachel Maddow The Last Word The 11th Hour American Greed American Greed American Greed American Greed American Greed The Story Tucker Carlson Hannity (N) Å Ingraham Fox News at Night Chicago P.D. WWE Monday Night RAW (N) (In Stereo Live) Å Mod Fam Mod Fam “Capt. America” ››› “Avengers: Age of Ultron” (2015) Robert Downey Jr. ›› “Four Brothers” Fam Guy Fam Guy Fam Guy Fam Guy Fam Guy Fam Guy American American Conan Seinfeld Live PD Live PD Live PD Live PD Live Rescue “Live Rescue -- 11.18.19” Live PD Live PD Two Men Two Men Cops Cops Cops Cops Cops Cops Cops Cops Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Daily Lights Street-Memphis Street-Memphis Street Outlaws “Texas Tumblers” Å To Be Announced 90 Day Fiancé 90 Day Fiancé (N) (In Stereo) 90 Day Fiancé Unpolished River Monsters Jeremy Wade’s Dark Waters: Uncovered River Monsters “Killer Catfish” Å “Dr. Seuss’ How-Grinch” ›‡ “Grown Ups” (2010, Comedy) Adam Sandler. The 700 Club Å Andy G. Andy G. Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond Two Men Two Men King King “The Stork Club” ››› “Scaramouche” (1952, Adventure) ››› “Adventures of Don Juan” (1948) “Cmas. Palace” “Snow Bride” (2013) Katrina Law. Å “Pride, Prejudice and Mistletoe” (2018) “Heaven Sent” “Christmas in Louisiana” (2019) Å “Random Acts of Christmas” (2019) Love It or List It (N) Love It or List It (N) Love It or List It (N) Hunters Hunt Intl Stager Hunt Intl Holiday Baking Holiday Baking Holiday Baking Christmas Cookie Christmas Cookie Daddy 2019 Soul Train Awards: Keyshia Cole My New Life: ›‡ “R.I.P.D.” (2013, Action) Jeff Bridges. Futurama Futurama ››› “Guardians of the Galaxy” (2014) ›››› “GoodFellas” (1990) ›››‡ “Gladiator” (2000, Historical Drama) Russell Crowe. Å Last Man Last Man Last Man Squares Squares ››› “Top Gun” (1986, Action) Tom Cruise. Å American Pick. American Pickers American Pickers Pawn Stars (N) Å Pawn Stars

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NHRA RaceDay NASCAR Gander Divided We Stand Undisputed NBA Countdown (N) NBA Basketball: Utah Jazz at Memphis Grizzlies. NBA Basketball Wheel Jeopardy House Fresh20/20 (N) (In Stereo) Å News Kimmel News Holly Hawaii Five-0 Å Magnum P.I. Å Blue Bloods (N) News Colbert Big Bang Big Bang WWE Friday Night SmackDown (N) Å News First Spo DailyMail Mod Fam ET Inside The Blacklist Å Dateline NBC (N) (In Stereo) Å News J. Fallon Last Man Last Man Last Man Last Man Last Man Last Man Last Man Last Man Last Man Last Man David & Jane’s Holi-YAYS (N) (Live) Å Clever Creations DaretoShareBeauty with Shawn (Live) PBS NewsHour (N) Wash Hoover Great Performances “Red” (In Stereo) Amanpour-Co America The Café Antique Roadshow Downton Abbey Westminster: PBS NewsHour (N) E. B. OutFront Anderson Cooper Anderson Cooper CNN Tonight CNN Tonight Hardball Matthews All In With Rachel Maddow The Last Word The 11th Hour Shark Tank Shark Tank Å Shark Tank Å Shark Tank Å Shark Tank Å The Story Tucker Carlson Hannity (N) Å Ingraham Fox News at Night Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Mod Fam Mod Fam Mod Fam Mod Fam Bones (In Stereo) ››› “Kong: Skull Island” (2017) Tom Hiddleston. ››› “300” (2006, Action) Misery Misery ››› “Transformers” (2007, Action) Shia LaBeouf. Å (DVS) “Batman Forever” Live PD (In Stereo) Live PD: Rewind (N) Live PD “Live PD -- 11.15.19” (N) (In Stereo Live) Å ›››‡ “Creed” (2015) Michael B. Jordan. Bellator MMA Live (In Stereo Live) Å Cops Cops South Pk South Pk “Austin Powers in Goldmember” (2002) Kevin Hart: Laugh: Stand-Up Stand-Up Gold Rush (N) Å Gold Rush (N) Å Gold Rush “Episode 6” (In Stereo) Å Opal Hunters Island Medium Island Medium Island Medium Long Lost Family Long Lost Family Crikey... Irwins Crikey... Irwins Crikey... Irwins The Steve Irwin Story: (In Stereo) ›››‡ “Fantastic Mr. Fox” (2009) Å The 700 Club Å ››› “Matilda” (1996) Mara Wilson. Å Andy G. Andy G. Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond Two Men Two Men King King “Waterloo Bridge” ›››‡ “Being There” (1979, Comedy) Peter Sellers. ›››› “The Lady Eve” (1941) “9 Lives-C’mas” “The Christmas Cottage” (2017, Drama) “With Love, Christmas” (2017, Romance) “Nanny-Christ” “Christmas a la Mode” (2019, Drama) “No Time Like Christmas” (2019) Å Dream Dream Dream Dream You Get Dream Hunters Hunt Intl Hunters Hunt Intl Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners Diners ›› “All About the Benjamins” (2002) Ice Cube. T. Perry’s The Oval ›› “Little Man” (2006) “Se7en” (1995) “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters” (2013) Van Helsing Å Futurama Futurama Preppy Murder ››› “Taken” (2008) Liam Neeson. Å ››› “Taken” (2008) Liam Neeson. Å Last Man Last Man Squares Squares Squares Squares ››‡ “Legally Blonde” (2001, Comedy) Ancient Aliens Å Ancient Aliens Ancient Aliens (N) In Search Of Å Ancient Aliens

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NOV. 13

College Basketball College Basketball: Purdue at Marquette. PBC Countdown Sports. NBA Basketball: Clippers at Rockets NBA Basketball: Warriors at Lakers Wheel CMAThe 53rd Annual CMA Awards: (N) (In Stereo Live) Å News Kimmel News Holly Survivor “We Made It to the Merge!” (N) S.W.A.T. “Track” News Colbert Big Bang Big Bang The Masked Singer Almost Family (N) Fox News at Ten DailyMail Mod Fam ET Inside Chicago Med (N) Chicago Fire (N) Chicago P.D. (N) News J. Fallon Dog Bounty Hunter Dog Dog Dog Bounty Hunter Dog Dog Dog Dog iRobot Home In the Kitchen With David (N) (Live) Å Wish List Gifts (N) (Live) Å PBS NewsHour (N) Nature (In Stereo) NOVA (In Stereo) Life From Above Amanpour-Co Darley Time/By What Durrells: Poldark-Master Press-Masterpc PBS NewsHour (N) E. B. OutFront Anderson Cooper Cuomo Prime Time CNN Tonight CNN Tonight Hardball Matthews All In With Rachel Maddow The Last Word The 11th Hour Shark Tank Shark Tank Å Shark Tank Back in the Game Shark Tank Å The Story Tucker Carlson Hannity (N) Å Ingraham Fox News at Night Law & Order: SVU WWE NXT (N) (In Stereo Live) Å ›› “Fast & Furious” (2009) Vin Diesel. All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite (Live) Å ››› “It” (2017) Jaeden Lieberher. ››› “It” (2017) Burgers Burgers Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Full Conan Full The First 48 Å The First 48 Å The First 48 Å The First 48 Å The First 48 Å Two Men Two Men ›› “Next Friday” (2000, Comedy) Ice Cube. Å ›‡ “Friday After Next” (2002) South Pk South Pk South Pk South Pk South Pk South Pk South Pk Yankers Daily Lights Expedition Un. Expedition Un. Expedition Unknown: Rediscovered “Rise and Fall” (N) Å Say Yes, Dress My 600-Lb. Life “Destinee’s Story” Hoard-Buried Hoard-Buried Extinct or Alive Extinct or Alive Extinct or Alive (N) Killer Whales: The Mega Hunt: “Home Alone 2: Lost in N.Y.” ››› “Pitch Perfect” (2012) Anna Kendrick. Å The 700 Club Å Andy G. Andy G. Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond Two Men Two Men King King “Black Narcissus” ›››› “The Red Shoes” (1948) Moira Shearer. Å “Dr. Strangelove” “Holiday Eng.” “Snow Bride” (2013) Katrina Law. Å “Mingle All the Way” (2018) Jen Lilley. “Christmas Prop” “Christmas Reservations” (2019) Å “The Flight Before Christmas” (2015) Property Brothers Property Brothers Property Brothers Hunt Intl Hunters Property Brothers Guy’s Games Guy’s Games Guy’s Games Guy’s Games Guy’s Games T. Perry’s The Oval Tyler Perry’s Sistas Copwatch America ››‡ “Madea’s Family Reunion” (2006) ›‡ “Resident Evil: Afterlife” (2010) Å “Resident Evil” ›› “Underworld: Awakening” (2012) Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park “Forrest Gump” ›››› “Forrest Gump” (1994) Å Last Man Last Man Mom Mom Mom Mom Mom Mom Mom Mom Forged in Fire Forged in Fire Forged in Fire (N) (In Stereo) Å (DVS) Kings of Pain: Bit

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Pregame CONCACAF Nations League Soccer PBA Bowling: PBA Clash. Å WWE Backstage CFP Rankings American Game Peyton’s ESPN Documentaries (N) SportsCenter (Live) Wheel Jeopardy Conners Bless mixed- black-ish Emergence (N) News Kimmel News Holly NCIS (N) (In Stereo) FBI (In Stereo) Å NCIS: New Orleans News Colbert Big Bang Big Bang The Resident (N) Empire (In Stereo) Fox News at Ten DailyMail Mod Fam ET Inside The Voice (N) Å This Is Us (N) New Amsterdam News J. Fallon ›› “The Punisher” (2004, Action) Thomas Jane. ›› “The Punisher” (2004, Action) Thomas Jane. Jane’s Gift Shoe Shopping Lancer Skincare (N) Shawn’s Gift Guide (N) (Live) Å PBS NewsHour (N) Vpm News: Amer. Experience Frontline “For Sama” (N) Å Aman Travel Appear.: Call Home Unforgotten on Masterpiece Art PBS NewsHour (N) E. B. OutFront Anderson Cooper Cuomo Prime Time CNN Tonight CNN Tonight Hardball Matthews All In With Rachel Maddow The Last Word The 11th Hour Shark Tank Shark Tank Å Shark Tank The Profit (N) Å The Profit (N) Å The Story Tucker Carlson Hannity (N) Å Ingraham Fox News at Night Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU The Purge (N) Å Treadstone (N) Law & Order: SVU “Horrible Bosses” ››› “Transformers” (2007, Action) Shia LaBeouf. Å (DVS) “Taken 2” (2012) Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Misery Conan Misery The First 48 Å The First 48 Å The First 48 Å The First 48 The First 48 Å Two Men Two Men ››› “Beetlejuice” (1988, Comedy) Å Ink Master Grudge ››› “Beetlejuice” Office Office Office Office Tosh.0 Tosh.0 Tosh.0 Jefferies Daily Lights Moonshiners Moonshiners Å Moonshiners “Back to the Woods” Å Bering Sea Gold Welcome Little People, World Counting On (N) Welcome 7 Little Johnstons North Woods Law North Woods Law: Uncuffed (In Stereo) Northwest Law Northwest Law Boom ››› “The Blind Side” (2009, Drama) Sandra Bullock. (In Stereo) Å The 700 Club Å Andy G. Andy G. Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond Two Men Two Men King King “Watch-Rhine” ›››‡ “The Corn Is Green” (1945) Å ››› “Mr. Skeffington” (1944, Drama) “Sweet Christm.” “The Nine Lives of Christmas” (2014) “Picture a Perfect Christmas” (2019) “Four Christma” “Christmas a la Mode” (2019, Drama) “Dear Secret Santa” (2013) Tatyana Ali. Fixer Upper Å Fixer Upper Å Fixer to Fabulous Hunters Hunt Intl Hunters Hunt Intl Chopped Å Chopped Junior (N) Chopped (N) Å Chopped Å Chopped Å Movie ›› “House Party 2” (1991) Christopher Reid. Martin Martin Martin Martin “R.I.P.D.” (2013) ›››‡ “The Green Mile” (1999, Drama) Tom Hanks, David Morse. Å ›››› “GoodFellas” ››› “The Bourne Identity” (2002) Matt Damon. “The Bourne Supremacy” To Be Announced ››› “Top Gun” (1986, Action) Tom Cruise. Å Curse-Island Digging Deeper Curse-Island Kings of Pain Å Curse-Island

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